Feb. 12, 2025 By Tangerine Clarke Scores of immigrants last Saturday, chanting, who built Richmond Hill, who is going to protect Richmond Hill, and who will keep us safe, demonstrated against the Trump Administration’s rhetoric that is driving fear in nationals. “Please Show Some Compassion, Mr. President,” “We are All Immigrants,” “Together we are Home,” […]
Top NYPD brass were pressed Wednesday about the department’s partnership with ICE a day after the federal agency, at President Trump’s direction, conducted raids in the Bronx that led to 20 reported arrests. On Jan. 28, New Yorkers woke up to the news that ICE had come to the Big Apple in a sensational…
Jan. 15, 2025 By Shane O’Brien As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second time next week, migrants, elected officials and immigration groups have voiced their concerns about what a Trump presidency means for New York’s sizeable undocumented immigrant population. Throughout his campaign, Trump promised to carry out the “largest-ever” deportation program…
Nov. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall In the wake of Donald Trump being re-elected President of the United States Tuesday, multiple New York City-based immigrant organizations have released statements in which they criticized Trump for his history of anti-immigrant rhetoric and reinforced their missions to protect immigrants from any unconstitutional actions his administration may…
Sep. 25, 2024 By sobrien Sept. 25, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is set to move its Queens Field Office to Long Island City next month. The last day of operations for USCIS’s current Queens Field Office at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, located at 26 Federal Plaza… Read more »
Aug. 22, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan On the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Queens congressional representatives took the stage to promote the party to millions of Americans who tuned in. Central Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng, whose speech was originally scheduled for the first night of the convention, focused her time…