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New York Immigration Coalition

Demonstrators hold placards and candles as they gather during a Council on American-Islamic Relations news conference in New York City on Jan. 25, 2017.

A Year After Trump’s Travel Ban, Muslim Advocates Vow to Keep Resisting

Immigrant advocates vowed to fight President Donald Trump's latest Muslim travel ban a year after the first one was enacted.
By Madina Toure
Protesters accompany prominent immigration activist Ravi Ragbir outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office at the U.S. Federal building during a solidarity rally against deportation in March. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

New York City Council Speaker Candidates Lay Out Immigration Plans

Four City Council speaker candidates shared their visions for immigration policy.
By Madina Toure
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer talks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2017.

Schumer, Pelosi Say DACA Deal Moving Along but Not Finalized

The minority leaders of the House and Senate are working on a deal with the president to protect undocumented youths from deportation.
By Madina Toure
Immigrant advocates rallied by Trump Tower urging him to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status programs for undocumented immigrants.

Pro-Immigrant NYC Rally Calls for Stop to Deportations

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

New York Pols, Advocates Blast Trump Over ‘Anti-Immigrant’ Bill

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 New York Immigration Coalition and Make the Road New York held a press conference at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

As Trump’s New Travel Ban Set to Begin, Muslim and Immigrant Advocates Return to JFK

By Madina Toure
The City Council hosted an Eid ul-Fitr celebration in the Council chambers.

City Council and Muslim Leaders Mark End of Ramadan with ‘Resistance Eid Celebration’

By Madina Toure
Muslim and immigrant advocates and leaders spoke out against the Supreme Court's decision to allow parts of President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry to people from Muslim-majority countries to go into effect.

Muslim, Immigrant Advocates ‘Prepared to Mobilize’ Against Partial Trump Travel Ban

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

‘World Refugee Day’ Marchers Protest Trump’s Immigration Policies in Manhattan

By Madina Toure
Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke speaks at her latest #BrooklynResists town hall at New Life Tabernacle Church in East Flatbush.

Brooklyn Rep Accuses Trump’s DHS Head of ‘Trying to Pull a Fast One’ on Haitian Refugees

By Madina Toure
Rev. Khader El-Yateem, center, with supporter Linda Sarsour.

Immigrant Activist Group Backs Palestinian Candidate for City Council

By Madina Toure
More than 300 New Yorkers protested against President Donald Trump around Trump Tower.

‘Shame on You’—Activists Blast Trumpcare and ‘Religious Freedom’ Executive Order

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.

‘Women’s March’ Organizer Linda Sarsour Emcees Anti-Trump May Day Rally in Lower Manhattan

By Madina Toure
Rabbi Joshua Stanton speaks during interfaith solidarity seder at the Jacob Javits Federal Building at 26 Federal Plaza.

‘Let My People Stay’—Interfaith Passover Seder Protests Deportations

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.

Top Advocacy Group Urges NYC to Spend Another $37 Million-Plus to Protect Immigrants

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
Leading immigrant activist Ravi Ragbi speaks in Foley Square after his ICE check-in at 26 Federal Plaza.

Prominent Trinidadian Immigrant Activist Staves Off Deportation—For Now

By Madina Toure
Public Advocate Letitia James calls and advocates speak out against President Donald Trump's proposed wall along the Mexican border.

NYC Public Advocate Wants to Cut Off Companies that Help Build Trump’s Border Wall

By Madina Toure
President Donald Trump signs an executive order, which effects foreign NGOs that help with abortion, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, January 23, 2017.

Immigrant Activists Blast Donald Trump’s ‘Backdoor Muslim Ban 2.0’

By Madina Toure
The New York Immigration Coalition held a Valentine's Day rally in support of the country's immigrants in Foley Square.

Valentine’s Day Rally Spreads ‘Love’ to 680 People Taken in Trump Immigration Raids 

By Madina Toure
A United Sttes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer

Trump’s Immigration Agents Nab 40 in NYC Area, Leaked Memo Says

By Madina Toure
Student activist Hebh Jamal, who organized a high school student rally against Donald Trump, rallying her peers in front of 26 Federal Plaza.

NYC High School Students Skip Class to Protest Trump

By Madina Toure
Thousands of New Yorkers participated in an LGBT solidarity rally at the Stonewall National Monument against President Donald Trump's executive orders.

LGBT Pols and Activists Rally Against Trump’s Executive Orders Outside Stonewall

By Madina Toure
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