New York Legal Assistance Group Inc.
12/01/2025 | Press release | Archived content
CNN: Emotional Toll of Migrant Arrests at U.S. Courthouses
CNN: Emotional Toll of Migrant Arrests at U.S. Courthouses
- December 1, 2025
- 1:16 pm
Whether it's in our immigration courts or on Canal Street, immigrant New Yorkers deserve dignity, respect, and due process. We continue to fight alongside our clients, community members and fellow advocates-wherever they are-for the release of our unjustly detained neighbors so that our city is a place where everyone can thrive.
Share this post
Related Articles
Queens Daily Eagle: Queens Housing Court's virtual intake spurs delays and confusion, attys claim
December 2, 2025 No Comments
Attorneys with NYLAG's Tenants' Rights Unit spoke with the Queens Daily Eagle about some of the difficulties that have come with a recent shift to virtual intake for housing court.
The New York Times: Letter to the Editor: Immigrant Family Separations
November 26, 2025 No Comments
If you're an immigrant parent, creating a plan for your child's future care and custody can help ensure they are always protected and supported.
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Appoints New York Legal Assistance Group Immigration Attorney Melissa Chua to Transition Advisory Committee
November 25, 2025 No Comments
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced that NYLAG Immigrant Protection Unit Director Melissa Chua will serve on the transition team's Committee on Immigrant Justice.
CBS News: Food banks "simply can't keep up" with SNAP benefits set to expire, attorney says
November 3, 2025 No Comments
Deborah Berkman, Director of the Shelter & Economic Stability Project in NYLAG's Public Benefits Unit, spoke with CBS Mornings about the urgent need to fund SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.
New York Legal Assistance Group Appoints Jodi Ziesemer as Policy Director, Immigration Emergency Response
October 14, 2025 No Comments
NYLAG program leadership adds newly created supervisory immigration policy focused role to support rapid, expert response to shifting legal climate.
Documented: The $470 Million Surveillance Program Watching Immigrants Across the U.S.
October 14, 2025 No Comments
Jodi Ziesemer, Policy Director of Immigration Emergency Response in NYLAG's Immigrant Protection Unit, spoke with Documented about the troubling increase in the use of electronic surveillance on immigrants in New York and across the country.
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc. published this content on December 01, 2025, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed via Public Technologies (PUBT), unedited and unaltered, on December 05, 2025 at 18:26 UTC. If you believe the information included in the content is inaccurate or outdated and requires editing or removal, please contact us at [email protected]