Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration.
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New York
Asylum seekers who arrived in NY last spring struggle to find lawyers to file for asylum before one-year deadline: Asylum seekers need to file for asylum within a year of arriving in the U.S., though minors have an exception to the one-year filing deadline. — Documented
Listen: Some Chinatown community leaders are skeptical of secret police station charge: Documented’s April Xu was on WNYC to speak about her recent report on the FBI’s arrest of two Chinese agents allegedly tied to a secret police station in Chinatown. — Listen to it here
How to track an upcoming hearing at immigration court: Documented’s resource guide details how to use the Automated Case Information System to check a case statuses online. — Read more here
What happens when work visa applications make it to the National Visa Center: When applicants’ cases reach the NVC, the agency creates a case in its system and assigns applicants case numbers. Documented’s resource guide dives into the process. — Read more
Asylees, unaware of City laws, got their electric scooters confiscated at Row Hotel: Newly arrived migrants said bike shops didn’t tell them they needed a license to drive a version of the electric scooters. — El Diario (Spanish)
Around the U.S.
Immigrants report dehumanizing treatment at Aurora ICE facility: A Colorado bill to prohibit local governments from entering contracts with private detention facilities has passed the chambers and needs the governor’s signature. — Colorado Newsline
Organizations supporting Denver’s immigrants receive more funding: The Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund, which provides other organizations with funding for free legal services to immigrants, recently received an increase in funding from the City of Denver. — Rocky Mountain PBS
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Documentary “Dreamers” about undocumented immigrants acquired by Swiss sales agency Lightdox: The film centers on Carlos, who arrived in Chicago from Mexico in 1993, at age 9. He has never left the city, but now works and pays taxes while living a discreet life out of fear of deportation. — Variety
How Temporary Protected Status has expanded under Biden: The Biden administration recently renewed TPS designation for 280,000 immigrants, of an estimated 670,000 eligible for the protections. — Pew Research Center
Washington D.C.
Biden has used executive authority to expand the number of legal immigrants entering the U.S.: The executive branch is doing what it can as Congress stalls on immigration legislation, but courts may upend its progress. — The New York Times
U.S. urges organizations to sponsor immigrants to stem dangerous migration: U.S. chargé d’affaires in Havana, Benjamin Ziff, said the U.S. is making efforts to expand the number of organizations willing to sponsor Cubans and other immigrants. — NBC News
