Immigration Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Mayor Adams Raises Irish Flag Honoring The First Irish Immigrants Who Arrived In NYC

New York City Mayor Eric Adams today raised the Irish flag with St. Patrick’s Day Parade officials at Bowling Green Park in honor of the first Irish immigrants who arrived in New York City. Continue reading

Statement By NYC Mayor Adams And Commissioner Castro On Immigration Relief Extension To Ukrainians

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro today released the following statement.Continue reading

Coalition Of Organizations Commend The Administration For New Protected Status For Parts Of Sudan

Today, the Temporary Protected Status Deferred Enforced Departure Administrative Advocacy Coalition (TPS-DED AAC) commends the Biden administration.Continue reading

Hochul’s Executive Budget Fails To Fully Meet The Needs Of Immigrants During NY’s Historic Crisis

Executive Budget. The budget includes an increase in funding for The Liberty Defense Project.Continue reading

New Law Allows New York City Dreamers Noncitizens To Vote From Harlem To Hollis

More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the ballot box — and could vote in municipal elections as early as next year.Continue reading

Immigrant NYers Secure Largest Expansion Of NYC’s Democracy In 100 Years

Today the New York City Council passed Intro 1867, which expands the right to vote in municipal elections to roughly 900,000 non-citizen New Yorkers.Continue reading

City Announces Fall Citizenship Drive To Provide Application Assistance Resource For Immigrant New Yorkers

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) Commissioner Raquel Batista today announced the NYC Fall Citizenship Drive. Continue reading

With Re-Implementation Of MPP, President Biden Fundamentally Betrays The Obligations To Those Seeking Asylum

Today, President Joseph R. Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans to reimplement the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) or Remain in Mexico program by mid-November.Continue reading

Bill Protecting Immigrants From Blackmail Becomes Law From Harlem To The Hudson

Today, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation aimed at protecting vulnerable immigrant New Yorkers from those who would threaten to reveal an individual’s immigration status for the purpose of blackmail. Continue reading

Immigrant NYers Double Down On Senate Majority Leader Schumer For A Pathway to Citizenship

Today, immigrant New Yorkers increased the pressure on Senate Majority Leader Schumer to deliver on citizenship in the federal budget reconciliation package.Continue reading

Immigrant New Yorkers Demand Schumer Deliver On A Pathway To Citizenship

Today, the Senate Parliamentarian, an unelected staff member of the Senate, advised that she would reject the latest version of the immigration provisions (a proposal to update the registry law).Continue reading

Blockbuster Report Again Confirms Benefits Of Refugee Resettlement

Today, the US Immigration Policy Center released a blockbuster report laying out the benefits of refugee resettlement. Continue reading

Attorney General James Protects Long Island Workers Unlawfully Fired During COVID-19 Pandemic

New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement with FDR Services Corporation of New York (FDR Services Corp).Continue reading

Immigrant NYers Call On Sen. Schumer And Dems To Deliver Citizenship For Millions

Today, the Senate Parliamentarian, an unelected advisor to the Senate, announced that the immigration provisions.Continue reading

There Shouldn’t Be A Price On The American Dream, Says Harlem’s Adriano Espaillat

Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat released the following statement in recognition of National Citizenship Day:Continue reading