Who does the public charge inadmissibility rule apply to?
Misinformation and fear are spreading about the Trump Administrations new Public Charge rule. Not all immigrants or all public benefits will be impacted by the ...
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NYLAG responds to public charge rule change
Today, the Trump Administration has made a change to the public charge rule, effectively making it more difficult for certain immigrants with low-income to secure ...
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Mississippi ICE raids: Children of immigrations arrested left ‘homeless’—’my dad didn’t do anything, he’s not a criminal’
Randye Retkin, Director of NYLAG's LegalHealth Division, interviewed in Newsweek about the need for Standby Guardianship laws.
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Planning tools for Immigrant Parents
There are tools availible for immigrant parents who are worried that they may be separated from their child because of immigration enforcement.
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NYLAG strongly disagrees with decision in the Matter of L-E-A
Attorney General William Barr has upended decades of precedent by declaring that immediate family members no longer constitute a “particular social group” eligible for asylum ...
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Trump Said ICE Raids Would Target Thousands. Officers Arrested 35.
Elizabeth Gibson, NYLAG Coordinating/ Senior Staff Attorney, is quoted in this article in HuffPost
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Trump circumvents Congress to destroy asylum protections
Elizabeth Gibson, NYLAG Coordinating/ Senior Staff Attorney, wrote this Op-Ed in The Hill.
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ICE raids are coming to 9 major cities on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know.
Fernando Andrade, NYLAG paralegal, contributed to this article in VICE about anticipated ICE raids.
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‘Know your rights’: Immigration advocates, attorneys ramp up efforts ahead of planned mass ICE raids
Associate Director of NYLAG’s Immigrant Protection Unit, Melissa Chua contributed to this NBCNews.com article to share tips so that immigrant communities can enforce their rights.
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NYLAG helps get pregnant mom Alma Santiago released from ICE detention
The Department of Homeland Security has released Alma Centeno Santiago—a pregnant New York woman detained by ICE in April 2019— from detention.
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