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Immigration News Today: Immigrant Advocates Prepare for Battle

Fisayo Okare

Nov 08, 2024

Advocates protest outside the Hudson County Superior Court. Photo: Felipe De La Hoz

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Around the U.S. 

Immigrant advocates get ready for another 4 years of battle:

Immigrants’ rights groups have spent the last year preparing for a second Trump term, analyzing his proposals, drafting legal briefs, coordinating messaging and organizing aid. — POLITICO

Trump’s anti-immigration plans could take center stage in Texas:

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Social and legal services group FIEL is telling clients to prepare for “anything that can happen” under Trump. — Texas Tribune

Washington D.C.

Trump’s win puts militarized mass deportations on the agenda:

The reelection of Donald Trump sets the stage for policy changes that could upend the lives of millions of immigrants and recast the U.S. economy and labor force. — The Washington Post

New York

For newcomers in New York City, there’s no ‘Plan B’ after Trump’s victory:

Immigrant newcomers from Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador face an uncertain path after Trump’s win reignites their fears of deportation. — Documented

Advocates say newly passed Proposition 2 will harm immigrant street vendors:

Street vendor advocates call Prop 2’s language “misleading,” claiming it could be weaponized against New York City’s immigrant street vendors. — Documented

In New York, immigration weighed heavily and divisively among immigrants themselves:

In Staten Island, a conservative stronghold of the city, immigration was front and center on voters’ minds in Tuesday’s election. — NPR

NYC immigration advocates brace for battle after Trump’s victory:

“We’re going to fight it or we’re as prepared, if not more prepared than the first time around,” said New York Immigration Coalition’s Murad Awawdeh. — ABC 7 Eyewitness News

Fisayo Okare

Fisayo writes Documented’s "Early Arrival" newsletter and "Our City" column. She is an MSc. graduate of Columbia Journalism School, New York, and earned her BSc. degree in Mass Comm. from Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.

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