New York fights Trump’s immigration parole ban in court

Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition To Preserve Parole Pathways For Vulnerable Immigrants – RiverBender (Alton)

Joining Attorney General Kwame Raoul in the filing of the amicus are attorneys general of California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.

The Letitia Files: Did Letitia James Illegally Hire a Nonprofit for Her 2013 Campaign?

Allegations surface regarding New York Attorney General Letitia James' 2013 campaign, questioning the legality of her nonprofit hiring practices. This situation raises critical concerns about compliance and accountability in political finance.

It's Time For NY Defend Immigrant Rights—Now More Than Ever - City Limits

“As a result of this order, 26,000 children nationwide will lose their legal counsel overnight, including thousands in New York. It is on us as a state and a city to codify programs that are resistant to federal attacks.” Citizenship ceremony space at the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offices in downtown Manhattan in 2016. Much has changed since then. In New York State immigration courts, children as young as 2 years old are expec…

New York fights Trump’s immigration parole ban in court

Attorney General Letitia James filed a brief supporting "immigration parole" programs—blocked by executive order—that help immigrants fleeing other countries because of dangerous conditions.

Immigrants face years of uncertainty as they wait in Charlotte's Immigration Court backlog

Charlotte’s Immigration Court, which covers both North and South Carolina, has the ninth-largest backlog in the country, with nearly 146,000 cases. The average wait time for a case is 552 days from when a notice to appear is issued. At 7:30 a.m. on a recent weekday, a line of dozens of people snaked around the facility in east Charlotte.

I'm a business immigration lawyer. I thought Trump's second term might have positive effects on highly skilled immigrants, but I've lost hope

Watson said she's concerned about how Trump's immigration directives might impact the American consumer. Courtesy of I CANDI Studios Tahmina Watson's law firm helps founders and businesses apply for employment visas. She said Trump's immigration executive orders are making her clients…