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Immigration News Today: NYC Employees Told to Block ICE Raids

Fisayo Okare

Jan 22, 2025

ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers knock on door in NYC. Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here.

New York

Internal memos instruct NYC government employees to block ICE raids:

Mayor Eric Adams has ducked questions about Trump’s proposed mass deportations, but agency employees have been told to block non-local law enforcement from city facilities. — THE CITY

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NY AG sues to block executive order ending birthright citizenship:

Trump’s order would directly contradict the U.S. Constitution by directing federal agencies to refuse to recognize U.S. citizenship for children born to non-citizen mothers, Attorney General Letitia James said. — Documented

250,000 people ordered deported by New York Immigration Courts, data shows:

Nearly 250,000 people were deported from 2000 through 2024, showing the possible extent of Trump’s deportation campaign. — Documented

Immigrant youth vow to lead the next generation of anti-Trump organizing:

A new generation of activists are affirming their determination to oppose Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. — Documented

Facing uncertainty, Caribbean LGBTQ immigrants find support and solidarity:

In response to anticipated immigration challenges under the Trump administration, the Caribbean Equality Project’s Unchained program has expanded to include vital mental health support and immigration resources. — Documented

NYC immigrant communities express concern over Trump’s mass deportation plans:

Advocates say about 23,000 street vendors, a majority of them immigrants, are at a higher risk of contact with ICE and potential deportation despite New York City’s sanctuary city status. — ABC 7 NY

Statement by NYC Comptroller Brad Lander on Trump’s executive orders:

“Trump’s mass deportation agenda is a family separation policy that will harm the physical and mental health of our residents,” Lander said. — Read more here

Around the U.S. 

Immigrants’ rights advocates sue Trump administration over birthright citizenship executive order:

“Denying citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil is illegal,” said Cody Wofsy, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project and lead attorney in this case. — ACLU

Washington D.C.

Trump’s orders unleash sweeping limits on immigration, asylum:

Some of Trump’s most audacious plans, which include deporting millions of immigrants and ending birthright citizenship, won’t happen immediately because they are certain to draw legal challenges. — Axios 

Trump admin. fires immigration court officials as crackdown begins:

The head of the immigration court system and three other officials were removed from their positions on Monday. It’s unclear who is in charge at this point. — The New York Times

Fisayo Okare

Fisayo writes Documented’s "Early Arrival" newsletter and "Our City" column. She is an award-winning multimedia journalist, and earned an MSc. in journalism from Columbia University and a BSc. in Mass Communication from Pan-Atlantic University.

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