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Immigration

An absentee ballot box sat near the entrance to an early voting site in The Shed at Hudson Yards.
Posted inImmigrants

NYC Law Allowing Noncitizens to Vote is Unconstitutional, State’s Highest Court Rules

March 20, 2025, 1:54 p.m.March 20, 2025, 4:29 p.m.
The 6-1 decision comes as New York faces growing pressure to roll back immigrants’ rights, including noncitizen driver's licenses.
Posted inImmigration

Mahmoud Khalil ers Throng Court as Civil Rights Lawyers Plead His Case

March 12, 2025, 4:33 p.m.March 12, 2025, 7:49 p.m.
Columbia student activist detained and put into deportation proceedings for campus protests sought school security before his arrest, his attorneys say.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Foley Square to protest the detention by immigration officials of pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil.
Posted inTrump istration

Palestinian Activist ‘Undaunted’ Ahead of Judicial Hearing Amid Trump Deportation Push

March 11, 2025, 4:35 p.m.March 11, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Mahmoud Khalil’s case heads to a hearing Wednesday morning. The recent Columbia graduate is being detained in Louisiana and is not expected to appear in court.
Mahmoud Khalil speaks at Columbia University about pro-Palestine student demonstrators being expelled.
Posted inTrump istration

ICE Arrest of Student Protest Leader Exposes Schism Dividing NYC Democrats

March 10, 2025, 4:41 p.m.March 11, 2025, 9:18 a.m.
“Columbia is committed to complying with all legal obligations,” the university wrote in a statement just before Trump wrote that “if you terrorism… you are not welcome here. We expect every one of America's Colleges and Universities to Comply.”
Asylum Seeker Operations director Molly Schaeffer, left, and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Manuel Castro prepare to testify at a City Council budget hearing.
Posted inImmigration

NYC Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Muted on Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda

March 6, 2025, 5:31 p.m.March 19, 2025, 2:56 p.m.
Questioned by Council , Manuel Castro refused to criticize the president and wouldn’t say if City Hall had warned him to stay quiet.
Mayor Eric Adams raises his right hand before testifying in Washington D.C. before a House of Representatives committee about sanctuary city laws.
Posted inCongress

Mayor Adams Mostly Spared Republican Wrath at House Hearing on Sanctuary Laws

March 5, 2025, 1:52 p.m.March 5, 2025, 3:33 p.m.
Adams, who has been hesitant to criticize President Donald Trump, took the most fire from Democrats, who questioned him about his federal corruption case.
Mayor Eric Adams testifies in Washington D.C. before the House Reform Committee on gun violence.
Posted inImmigration

Eric Adams Readies to Testify Before House Republicans on Sanctuary City Status

March 4, 2025, 4:45 p.m.March 5, 2025, 2:11 p.m.
GOP are expected to grill the mayors of New York, Chicago, Boston and Denver, all cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Posted inImmigration

Prison Company Foresees ‘Unprecedented’ Revenue, Announces Massive Newark ICE Lock-Up

Feb. 27, 2025, 11:59 a.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 4:37 p.m.
The Geo Group inked a 15-year contract worth $1.2 billion to reopen Delaney Hall, which will become the largest immigration detention center in the New York-metropolitan area.
Immigration officers arrested people in The Bronx during an early-morning raid.
Posted inIncarceration

One Hundred NYC Immigrants Arrested in Week One of Trump ICE Raids

Feb. 5, 2025, 6:40 p.m.Feb. 6, 2025, 9:05 a.m.
Little is known about where many of those arrested are being held, and immigration lawyers tell THE CITY they have had difficulty locating and ing those detained.
Mayor Eric Adams answered questions at City Hall about President Donald Trump’s initial immigration orders.
Posted inImmigration

Internal Memos Instruct New York City Government Employees to Block ICE Raids

Jan. 21, 2025, 6:02 p.m.Jan. 21, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Even as Mayor Eric Adams has ducked questions about Trump’s proposed mass deportations, agency employees have been told to block non-local law enforcement from city facilities.

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