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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Williamsburg Man Granted Temporary Visa to Care for Ailing Wife
After a year of legal battles led by NYLAG, a family was reunited in the face of illness.
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Pregnant Queens mom moved to ICE detention center in Louisiana ahead of deportation wins last-minute stay
A pregnant Queens mom caught in the Trump administration’s immigration net won a last-minute stay of deportation Tuesday — just before federal immigration agents were ...
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Pregnant, Sick, and Fast-Tracked for Deportation
A pregnant and very ill woman being detained and held in isolation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is being “fast-tracked” for deportation, she and her ...
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NYLAG commends change in NYS court rules requiring judicial warrants for ICE arrests at courthouses
Over the last couple of year ICE has stepped up enforcement in New York courthouses. Their presence there has had a chilling effect on immigrants, ...
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