Harlem’s Espaillat And Others Demand Closure Of ICE Irwin County Detention Center
Today, Representatives Adriano Espaillat, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Hank Johnson released the following joint statement.Continue reading
Uptown’s Rodriguez’s Calling On Federal Legislators To Immediately Pass Immigration Reform
Uptown Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez states, "No New Yorker should live in fear that federal officers can deliberately deceive them to open their doors.Continue reading
Uptown Electeds And Advocates Condemn ICE For Identifying Themselves As NYPD Officers
Today, Saturday 10th, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez and Immigration Committee Chairman, Council Member Carlos Menchaca held a press conference.Continue reading
Harlem Rep. Espaillat Continues Call To Release Women At The Irwin County Detention Center
Last week, Rep. Adriano Espaillat sent a letter to ICE Acting Director Tony Pham requesting the immediate release of several individuals currently detained at the Irwin County Detention Center.Continue reading
Harlem Rep. Espaillat Secures Additional Funding For Vital Infrastructure In District And More
Representative Adriano Espaillat released the following statement on legislative victories secured through his efforts in the recent appropriations package that will have immediate impacts on projects throughout New York’s 13th congressional district.Continue reading
Harlem Rep Espaillat Statement On The Pending Release Of Baba Sillah
Today, Harlem Rep Adriano Espaillat released the following statement on the pending release of Baba Sillah, from Gambia who was facing deportation and was pardoned today by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.Continue reading
Uptown’s Ydanis Rodriguez Statement On Deportations, NYC Must Protect Our Residents
A statement by Uptown representative Ydanis Rodriguez regarding immigrants against deportation:
"I stand with Ravi Ragbir and all immigrants against deportation.Continue reading
Uptown Council Member Levin And Others Announce New “Know Your Rights” For Workers
Today, Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Bitta Mostofi joined City agency and community partners—including Lutheran Social Services of New York—to announce $350,000 in funding from the City and Robin Hood for “Know Your Rights” (KYR) forums for immigrant New Yorkers.Continue reading
Harris, Harlem’s Espaillat Lead Lawmakers To Reject Expansion Of Family Immigration Detention
Today, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris and Harlem Representative Adriano Espaillat led 74 lawmakers in a letter requesting that Republican Congressional leaders ...
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Mount Sinai Human Rights Program And Others Call On ICE To Discontinue Policy On Detaining Pregnant Individuals
Today, a broad coalition of over 250 civil and human rights organizations called on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reverse a recent policy change from the Trump Administration regarding the detention of pregnant individuals and to reinstitute a general presumption that pregnant individuals should not be subject to detention.Continue reading
Hazardous Travel Advisory And Winter Storm Watch From Harlem To Hollis
Once weather permits, business owners should be mindful of the following information.Continue reading
Harlem’s Mark Levine And Others Call On ICE Agents To Wear Body Cameras
NYC Council Member Mark Levine and Council Member Carlos Menchaca will be joined by U.S. Congress Members Yvette D. Clarke and Adriano Espaillat at a press conference on Thursday, August 24, 2017, call on the federal government to require Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agents to wear body cameras.Continue reading
Immigrant Family Seeks Sanctuary In Uptown Church
A Guatemalan immigrant with no authorization to live in the U.S. has entered a Washington Heights church with her three children seeking refuge from immigration authorities.Continue reading
Harlem Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Remarks For Joint Public Hearing Of Committee
By Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito
The recent attempt by ICE to arrest a woman in Human Trafficking Court confirmed our worst suspicions about ICE’s intentions. Continue reading
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito And Others Announce ICE And NYC Schools
Harlem City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Bill de Blaso, Carmen Farina, and others talk about the Council policy that states clearly and unambiguously--ICE can’t come in without a warrant signed by a judge. Period.Continue reading