Queens pols want ICE out of Bulova Corporate Center lot
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Queens officials want an East Elmhurst office complex to stop immigration agents from using its parking lot as a staging area.
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ICE spotted making arrests near Woodside playground, angering officials
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Even after federal immigration officials said they had finished large-scale sweeps across the city, reports of federal agents conducting arrests near a Woodside playground continued to pour in throughout the week, angering local officials.
Read MoreState to help fund legal services for immigrant kids after Trump cuts program
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The state is putting up more than $7 million to pay for legal representation for unaccompanied children in immigration court after the Trump administration ended its contract with legal services providers, leaving 1,400 children in New York to represent themselves in deportation cases, officials announced on Wednesday.
Read More‘Coming after all of us’: Advocates, elected officials protest against ICE activity in Queens
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As federal immigration officers have been spotted with increasing frequency in Queens, local officials on Monday told their constituents to prepare themselves in the event that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempt to arrest them or their neighbors.
Read MoreQueens councilmember breaks with progressives on ICE abolition letter
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Only a single member of the City Council’s Progressive Caucus has not signed on to a popular letter calling on Democratic leadership to push for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Read MoreICE detainer requests to NYC jails more than doubled under Trump
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The number of times Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents asked the Department of Correction to give them a heads up before a detainee’s release so that they could make an arrest more than doubled during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, compared to the year prior.
Read MoreDeadline extended for former detainees to get their piece of $92.5 million Rikers settlement
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Immigrants living in New York who were unlawfully held on Rikers Island because federal immigration agents asked the city to do so have another three months to claim their share of a $92.5 million class action lawsuit settlement.
Read MoreQueens pol says Adams mischaracterized chat about bringing ICE to Rikers
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A Queens councilmember told the Eagle that the mayor mischaracterized their conversations about bringing ICE to Rikers Island, a move that has landed the mayor in court and brought on accusations that he traded access to the jail for the dismissal of his criminal case.
Read MoreJudge temporarily blocks ICE from opening office on Rikers
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For at least the next several days, federal immigration agents will not be allowed on Rikers Island, a Manhattan judge said Monday.
Read MoreDOC boss out of the loop on plan to bring ICE to Rikers
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Top officials at the Department of Correction said Friday that the mayor’s office has yet to speak with them about the potential return of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers to Rikers Island, despite Mayor Eric Adams announcing the change weeks ago.
Read MoreActivists renew push to keep ICE out of courthouses
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At least seven people were arrested inside courthouses, including one in Queens Criminal Court, in 2019.
Read MoreFederal agents in armored military vehicle make arrest in Ridgewood
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The vehicle was spotted on Forest Avenue on Wednesday morning.
Read MoreJustice reform advocates vow to hold Katz accountable
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The Legal Aid Society urged Katz to stick to her campaign promises and abolish cash bail, establish a conviction review unit and not prosecute low-level crimes.
Read MoreNYC immigrants rights organizations sue Trump administration to stop ‘public charge’ rule
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“This is just another part of the Trumps’ broader family separation agenda. And frankly, this agenda to make this country as white as possible.”
Read MoreAG James sues Trump to stop ‘public charge’ rule change
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James slapped the administration with a lawsuit against the so-called “public charge” rule Tuesday, beginning a new chapter in James’ battle against the president's policies.
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