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Photo: Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio for Documented, Dec 15, 2022.
Documented: Immigrants See No Clear Path Outside 26 Federal Plaza
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Scripp News: Inside the chaotic system of New York's immigration services
Spectrum News NY 1, March 26, 2021
Spectrum News NY1: Advocates Expect Thousands of Asylum Seekers To Arrive In NY In Coming Months
Video by Sean Meehan
Tiffany is a transgender woman from Honduras who has found freedom and safety in the United States. Staff Attorney Becky McBride represented Tiffany in the process of navigating her legal name change and her asylum case
Video by Sean Meehan 12/01/2019
Wilson is a Honduran activist who has been both a father and a mother to his two young girls since the murder of their mother. They were granted asylum in July. This is their story.
Video by Sean Meehan 12/01/2019
The Rivera family fled Colombia after their refusal to accede to the demands of a dangerous paramilitary group put their lives at risk. This is their story.
The Progressive, July 9, 2020.
THE PROGRESSIVE: CLOSING THE DOOR ON ASYLUM
Beth Fertig, WNYC, June 1, 2020.
GOTHAMIST: DACA RECIPIENTS HURRY TO RENEW IMMIGRATION PROTECTIONS BEFORE SUPREME COURT RULING
Beth Fertig, WNYC, September 26, 2019.
GOTHAMIST: THEY FLED GANG VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC ABUSE. AN NYC IMMIGRATION JUDGE DENIED THEM ASYLUM
The Intercept, July 16, 2019.
THE INTERCEPT: “DO WE BELIEVE IN ASYLUM? IF WE DO, WE NEED TO STOP THIS RULE”: TRUMP POLICY UPENDS PROTECTIONS AT U.S.-MEXICO BORDER
The Guardian, May 5, 2019
THE GUARDIAN: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DENIES SPECIAL HELP TO VENEZUELANS SEEKING ASYLUM
ProPublica, January 22, 2019
PROPUBLICA: TRAPPED IN GANGLAND: FORMER MS-13 MEMBER WHO SECRETLY HELPED POLICE IS DEPORTED
The Nation, November 28, 2018.
THE NATION: THEY’RE REFUGEES, FLEEING GANG VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC ABUSE. WHY WON’T THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LET THEM IN? HOW ONE IMMIGRATION CASE HAS LED TO A MAJOR IMPACT ON ASYLUM CLAIMS.
The New York Times, June 12, 2018.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: SHE WAS RAPED AND THREATENED WITH DEATH. NOW SHE HAS LOST HOPE OF ASYLUM.
WNYC, May 24 and June 19, 2018.
WNYC: PART 1: WILL JEFF SESSIONS MAKE NEW YORK'S IMMIGRATION COURTS TOUGHER FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS? PART 2: FOR ONE ASYLUM SEEKER, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DECISION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLIPPED HER 'WINGS'
The New York Daily News, January 6, 2018
THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: HONDURANS LIVE IN LIMBO AS OVER 200,000 SALVADORANS AWAIT TRUMP'S DECISION ON TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
Photograph by Carolyn Drake / Magnum for the New Yorker, January 15, 2018
THE NEW YORKER: WHEN DEPORTATION IS A DEATH SENTENCE
NPR, June 14, 2017.
NPR: N.Y. IMMIGRATION COURTS FACE 2-YEAR DELAY AFTER JUDGES SENT TO THE BORDER
The Observer, April 6, 2017.
THE OBSERVER: HELPING IMMIGRANTS AVOID DEPORTATION ‘IS A UNION ISSUE,’ NYC LABOR LEADER SAYS
WNYC, March 23, 2017.
WNYC: COLOMBIAN MAN'S SWIFT DETENTION WORRIES IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES
News 12: Brooklyn, December 29, 2015.
NEWS 12: WASHINGTON POST: DEPORTATION RAIDS COULD START IN JANUARY
NPR, November 22, 2015.
NPR: WITH ASYLUM OUT OF REACH, SOME MINORS SEEK OUT SPECIAL VISAS
THE NEW YORK TIMES: FLEEING VIOLENCE IN HONDURAS, A TEENAGE BOY SEEKS ASYLUM IN BROOKLYN
The New York Times, December 7, 2014.
Rolling Stone, August 13, 2014.
ROLLING STONE: THE GOP'S FAKE BORDER WAR
CBS Evening News, July 9, 2014.
CBS EVENING NEWS: AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT'S LONG JOURNEY THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM
THE ATLANTIC: FEAR IS DRIVING YOUNG MEN ACROSS THE U.S. BORDER
The Atlantic, June 20, 2014.
WNYC, October 10, 2013.
WNYC: SHUTDOWN LEAVES SOME IMMIGRANTS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE
New York Law Journal, August 1, 2013.
NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL: PANEL AFFIRMS IMMIGRANTS' FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS
Bedford and Bowery, July 26, 2013.