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Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs

ICE Arrested More NYC Immigrants in the Months Following Trump’s Inauguration

The number people without criminal convictions arrested by Donald Trump's immigration authorities rose by more than 200 percent.
By Madina Toure

NYC Looks to Ease Fears Amid Trump’s Push for Citizenship Question on 2020 Census

New York City has three million immigrants and more than 200 languages are spoken in the five boroughs.
By Madina Toure
Immigration activists and clergy members participate in a silent prayer walk in protest against the Trump administration's immigration policies outside the Jacob Javits Federal Building, Jan. 18, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

DREAM Act Could Benefit 470,000 New Yorkers, Officials Say

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Acting Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Bitta Mostofi say 470,000 New Yorkers would benefit from the DREAM Act.
By Madina Toure
Unions, immigrant rights groups and community organizations held a rally on Dec. 7, 2017 at Brooklyn Borough Hall to call on the Office of Court Administration to immediately implement a policy to prohibit ICE agents from entering state courthouses.

De Blasio Looks to Deepen Immigration Policy as Advocates Seek Changes

By Madina Toure
Public Advocate Letitia James and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito participated in the "March for Immigrant New York" today organized by the New York Immigration Coalition.

City Council Votes to Expand Role of Mayor’s Immigrant Affairs Office

By Madina Toure
Roughly 200 immigrant advocates and New Yorkers as well as allies marched in Manhattan on World Refugee Day.

NYC Language Access Law Now Covers 100K More

By Madina Toure
The city's second annual "Iftar in the City" in Columbus Park near Brooklyn Borough Hall.

At Interfaith Ramadan Celebration, NYC Vows Resistance Against Islamophobia and Trump’s Agenda

By Madina Toure
A Make the Road New York rally to support the immigrant community.

Immigrant Advocates and NYC Comptroller Want Subsidies for Citizenship Applications

By Madina Toure
NEW YORK - APRIL 30: Members of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency keep watch over demonstrators protesting against a new Arizona law on April 30, 2010 outside of a government building which houses ICE in New York City. Following the state of Arizona's passage of a new immigration law which requires individuals suspected of being illegal immigrants to show proof of legal residence when asked by law enforcement, immigration supporters have been protesting across the country. The law has become increasingly divisive, with Mexico's president issuing a travel warning to Mexican citizens in Arizona. ()

NYC Orders Schools to Turn Back Donald Trump’s Immigration Authorities at the Door

By Madina Toure
A Make the Road New York rally to support the immigrant community.

Advocates Say the NYPD Needs to Do More to Protect Undocumented Immigrants from ICE

By Madina Toure
Arab-American activist Linda Sarsour and other activists at CAIR-NY's emergency rally against President Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban.

CAIR ‘Emergency Rally’ Against Trump’s Muslim Immigration Ban Rocks Washington Square Park

By Madina Toure
Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras, chairwoman of the City Council's Finance Committee, addresses reporters after a press conference.

NYC Council Braces for Budget Problems Under Donald Trump

By Madina Toure
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito speaks.

City Council Speaker to GOP: ‘Go Ahead and Sue Us’ Over Proposed Immigrant Record Purge

By Madina Toure
President-elect Donald Trump with President Barack Obama yesterday.

De Blasio Administration Promises Muslims It Will ‘Fight Back’ Against Donald Trump

By Madina Toure
Artist Tania Bruguera. (Photo: NYC Department of Cultural Affairs)

Cuban Artist Tania Bruguera to Promote NYC’s Municipal ID Through Yearlong Residency

By Alanna Martinez
Bill de Blasio unveiling his latest appointments this afternoon.

De Blasio Appoints Human Resources and Immigrant Affairs Commissioners

By Jill Colvin
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