A federal judge in Lower Manhattan is considering whether to further restrict the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to keep detained immigrants inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza.  In a two-hour long bench trial Wednesday morning, immigrant advocates laid out their case that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had repeatedly violated the constitutional rights of […]

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This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City. Across the country, thousands of immigrants have been arrested on the street and in immigration courts as part of Trump’s mass deportation agenda. In the New York metro area, including Long Island and […]

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Over the last few months, THE CITY built a comprehensive database of ICE arrests from five months of emergency lawsuits filed by immigrant detainees in federal courts — offering a first-of-its-kind view into ICE’s tactics in the region since street arrests began to unfold in immigrant neighborhoods last year. These lawsuits, known as habeas corpus […]

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Subway upgrades that stalled for nearly a year and a half at five stops in The Bronx and Upper Manhattan are finally advancing after the federal government agreed to release more than $150 million that had been secured for the MTA in 2024. The 16-month delay in turning loose $156.5 million from the federal All […]

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