Documented: 250,000 People Ordered Deported by New York Immigration Courts, Data Shows

Documented: 250,000 People Ordered Deported by New York Immigration Courts, Data Shows

• January 22, 2025
• 2:21 pm

With the new federal administration now in office, Documented released new data findings about the number of New Yorkers with removal orders. NYLAG President & CEO Lisa Rivera offered broader comment on the nature of overenforcement and how it impacts our clients:

"This reaffirms that overenforcement leads to more harm. It often denies our immigrant neighbors' their day in court, leads to more family separation and trauma, and in its overreach, leads to the detention and deportation of people who have a right to be here," Lisa Rivera, President & CEO of the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) said. "With the new federal administration in office, New York leaders should do everything in their power to keep immigrants safe and strengthen trusted supportive networks for our neighbors in need."

Read the full piece published in Documented on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

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