-How does it feel to finally be able to meet her again, right? “Thank God after a month without seeing them.” This was the reunion of Ariannis Ramírez and Anthony Colina, a Venezuelan uncle and niece, after a month of being separated. Anthony made it as far as the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan, which … Read more
This Monday, the community organization dedicated to the empowerment of immigrant workers in New York, or Nice as it is known in Jackson Heights, is receiving dozens of immigrants seeking asylum, recently arrived in our city. Among them, Alexis Salas, 29, who after being in the military for five years in Venezuela decided to leave … Read more
Migrants rushed across the border hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions were set to expire Thursday, fearing the new policies would make it much harder to enter the United States. The Biden administration has been introducing measures to replace Title 42, which suspended the right to seek asylum since March 2020 in order to prevent the … Read more
City officials plan to send some asylum seekers to a hotel in the suburbs despite strong opposition from local leaders and a judge’s order temporarily blocking the use of a different hotel. Mayor Eric Adams caused a stir north of the city after he announced Friday that the city would send up to 300 adult … Read more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul today ordered the release of $1 billion to help New York City and other towns where a massive new arrival of immigrants from the country’s southern border is expected as Title 42 expires. In addition, he ordered the mobilization of 500 additional National Guard agents to join the 1,000 already … Read more
María Elena Flores, an undocumented immigrant and single mother of five, including a newborn, told us she was shocked when the department of homeless services notified her that she had to vacate the shelter where she has been living for several months. “I felt sad, on the streets, with my five children, because it is … Read more
More than 20 state and local officials sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan asking him to cancel a hearing scheduled for Monday on violent crime in the city. That hearing will focus on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who charged former President Donald Trump with 34 felony counts earlier this month. … Read more
New York Mayor Eric Adams spent the weekend in El Paso, Texas, where he said he wanted to see up close how the constant flow of immigrants it receives affects that border city. On his Twitter account he posted a video with El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser. Adams assures that he went to “learn how … Read more