New York’s legal and shelter system are overloaded and unprepared to serve newly-arrived migrants and asylum–seekers. Jodi Ziesemer, director of NYLAG’s Immigrant Protection Unit testified on September 30, 2022 before the NYC Council Committee on Immigration, advocating for stronger resources and services for newly-arrived asylum seekers. Ziesemer argued for a greater investment of resources into immigration attorneys across the city, pro se application assistance clinics, and non-profit legal service organizations facing a crisis with recruitment, training, and space for new attorneys.
NEW REPORT: How Overenforcement Robs Asylum Seekers of Their Day in Court
November 6, 2023
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Thousands of asylum seekers are ordered removed and exposed to the horrors of detention and deportation due to overenforcement, through no fault of their own. In this white paper, NYLAG and Make the Road NY delve into the motions we prepared to reopen and rescind in absentia removal orders on behalf of 64 clients.
