Immigration

Students walk past the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

CUNY

CUNY Braces Undocumented Students for Second Trump Era

Jan. 17, 2025, 5:59 p.m.Jan. 17, 2025, 6:03 p.m.

The school is being careful in what it’s saying before the incoming president, who has promised mass deportations, begins his second term on Monday.

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at City Hall about working with faith leaders to house migrants, June 5, 2023.

Religion

Faith-Based Immigrant Helpers ‘Unclear’ and Uninspired After Meeting With Mayor

Jan. 16, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 17, 2025, 2:26 p.m.

Two New Yorkers, President-elect Donald Trump and Mayor Eric Adams, have local clergy questioning what ‘sanctuary’ will mean in the future.

Jehinzo Gonzalez and Breymi Amador leave with their children the Floyd Bennett migrant shelter after getting an eviction notice.

Migrant Crisis

Migrant Families Begin Leaving Floyd Bennett Field in Confusion and Relief

Dec. 23, 2024, 2:52 p.m.Dec. 23, 2024, 2:52 p.m.

All residents of the Brooklyn tent shelter complex are slated to depart by Jan. 15. Some have been reassigned in recent days, with others still eager to leave the tent encampment.

Immigration

Mayor Adams on Trump Border Czar: ‘We Have the Same Desire’

Dec. 12, 2024, 5:54 p.m.Dec. 12, 2024, 5:54 p.m.

After an hour-long meeting, Adams said he and Tom Homan want to go after undocumented immigrants who commit “repeated, violent acts.”

National Guard seen through the glass door of the Roosevelt Hotel

Immigration

City Officials Race to Get National Guard Out of Migrant Shelters

Dec. 4, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 3, 2024, 5:57 p.m.

Mayor Eric Adams says he hopes to meet with president-elect Donald Trump’s “border czar.” But meanwhile his team is getting government troops away from immigrants vulnerable to deportation.

Chinese dissident Yuxiu Zhou stands for a portrait outside the Flushing public library.

Immigration

They Escaped Chinese Government Repression. Now They’re Imploring Trump to Let Them Stay in America

Nov. 19, 2024, 11:30 a.m.Nov. 19, 2024, 4:45 p.m.

Hundreds of dissidents with pending asylum applications are g on to a love letter to “this land of hope and love” they’ll send the president-elect on Inauguration Day.

Migrants arriving at Port Authority were placed on buses to city shelters.

How to New York

What Is a Sanctuary City and What Does That Mean for NYC Under Trump?

Nov. 15, 2024, 4:42 p.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Here’s a guide to the policies that together define a “sanctuary city” — and what that could mean during a potential mass deportation effort.

Immigrant workers whose legal work permits and deportation protections are tied up in state wage theft investigations protested outside the state Department of Labor’s Brooklyn office.

Immigration

Immigrant Workers Plead for Swift Action on Pending Deportation Protection Applications

Nov. 14, 2024, 3:33 p.m.Nov. 14, 2024, 3:33 p.m.

At a picket, dozens demand action from the New York State Department of Labor to fast track approvals for whistleblowers and victims of labor law violations before Trump takes office in January.

Immigration

Adams Affirms Sanctuary City, While Saying NYC Can Be ‘Very Helpful’ as Trump Plans Mass Deportations

Nov. 12, 2024, 6:38 p.m.Nov. 12, 2024, 11:00 p.m.

The mayor repeated his longstanding criticisms of the “sanctuary city” laws limiting cooperation with federal law enforcement, while saying he’d “make sure that we continue the spirit of what our laws are here.”

Gov. Kathy Hochuls speaks at her Midtown office alongside State Attorney General Letitia James about how New York officials will respond to Donald Trump presidential win, Nov. 6, 2024.

Immigrants

Will Gov. Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for Mass Deportations?

Nov. 12, 2024, 4:41 p.m.Nov. 12, 2024, 4:41 p.m.

Trump is poised to ramp up deportation activity in northern states like New York, which has few statewide policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

Immigration

CUNY Braces Undocumented Students for Second Trump Era

Faith-Based Immigrant Helpers ‘Unclear’ and Uninspired After Meeting With Mayor

Migrant Families Begin Leaving Floyd Bennett Field in Confusion and Relief

Mayor Adams on Trump Border Czar: ‘We Have the Same Desire’

City Officials Race to Get National Guard Out of Migrant Shelters

They Escaped Chinese Government Repression. Now They’re Imploring Trump to Let Them Stay in America

What Is a Sanctuary City and What Does That Mean for NYC Under Trump?

Immigrant Workers Plead for Swift Action on Pending Deportation Protection Applications

Adams Affirms Sanctuary City, While Saying NYC Can Be ‘Very Helpful’ as Trump Plans Mass Deportations

Will Gov. Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for Mass Deportations?

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