AILA members also represent foreign students, entertainers, athletes, and asylum seekers, often on a pro bono basis. AILA is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that provides continuing legal education, information, professional services, and expertise through its 38 chapters and over 50 ...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams labels county exec who blocked asylum seekers as ‘racist’ and ‘antisemitic’ New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city would fight any legal challenges preventing busloads of asylum seekers from arriving in upstate counties. New York City MayorEric Adamson ...
“We feel bad because we are in the street,” said Abdel, an asylum seeker from Senegal. “We sit in the street. We don’t like to sit in the street.” Multiple asylum seekers told PIX11 News on Sunday that they came to America looking for jobs and want to work with digni...
New York City has beenso generous to the asylum seekersthere's no need for their kids to work, Ariola said. "They're receiving debit cards now. They have lodging. They have free call centers," she said. "They have free medical care. They're getting free education. There is no need ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan shuttered three years ago, but it will soon be bustling again — reopening to accommodate an anticipated influx of asylum seekers just ...
"This policy will allow for more efficient capacity management for migrants in the city’s care," a statement from a city hall spokesperson reads. People living near migrant housing centers have complained asylum seekers are begging door-to-door for food and clothes, according to the New York ...
In reality, the vast majority of asylum-seekers must wait far longer than 180 days to obtain work permits because of the strains faced by the U.S. immigration system. Migrants with immigration court cases are waiting an average of more than four years to have their applications processed by ...
Restaurateur Danny Meyer and the team at Union Square Hospitality Group decided to close this rustic Roman pizzeria, as well as its sister spot Maialino, inside the Redbury Hotel in August 2023, shortly after it was announced that the hotel would house asylum seekers. "While we admire ...
Some advocates, including Schwartzwald, see parallels between Trump and Adams’ rhetoric and worry about the climate it creates for asylum seekers, some of which has reverberated in schools. Some students at Newcomers High School, for instance, havesought a name changein part because...