🚨 STATEMENT: DHS Proposed New Asylum Rule & Policy Updates Harm Vulnerable Immigrants

'These are not small or insignificant changes. They will limit people’s ability to access safety when they are most vulnerable...' Murad Awawdeh

🔗: nyic.org/2024/05/dhs-pr…

🚨BREAKING: Congress Excludes Immigrants, Undermining Census 2030

'Elected officials must resist all attempts to undermine the 2030 Census, our democracy, and our constitutional rights to be included in the census,' Murad Awawdeh

🔗: nyic.org/2024/05/breaki…

Yesterday, Reuven Blau and Yoav Gonen reported on the refusal of the NYPD to release bodycam footage and the names of officers involved in the Ozone Park shooting of Win Rozario, who was killed by cops while experiencing extreme mental distress. thecity.nyc/2024/05/02/win…

We need data about Middle Eastern & North African communities to be separate from the “White” category. It will help us understand & advocate for them in decision making & resource allocation.

Email your reps. Urge them to recognize MENA communities in NY!actionnetwork.org/letters/recogn…

🚨 STATEMENT: Immigrant Advocates Applaud Inclusion & Expansion of Healthcare for DACA Recipients, Demand Pathway to Citizenship

'Today’s announcement offers a lifeline to thousands of Dreamers, who are American in every way...'Murad Awawdeh

🔗: nyic.org/2024/05/immigr…

🔑 KTTC: Join us TOMORROW, Thurs, May 2 for our Key to the City: A Family Resource Fair! There’ll be free immigration legal consultations from @Nylag, health services, and MORE!

⏰: 2pm-6pm
📍: 9818 Fort Hamilton Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11209 (Bay Ridge Community Development Center)

I have trespassed in peaceful protest.
I have shutdown govt offices in civil disobedience.
I have made the powerful uncomfortable in their routines as I’ve dissented in peaceful but committed disorder.
Those are the American traditions of Thomas Paine, David Thoreau, Rosa Parks

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authoritarianism- the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.

“Authoritarianism is alive and well in the progressive capital of the U.S., NYC…”

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🚨 STATEMENT: NYC Education Funding Announcement

'Today’s announcement from the City is a step in the right direction for immigrant students, but it’s completely insufficient to meet the needs of our current moment.' Murad Awawdeh

🔗 nyic.org/2024/04/nyc-ed…

We are deeply concerned by the response to student demonstrations at Columbia University. People have a right to engage in critical inquiry, discussion, and dissent. Punitive responses to free speech set a harmful precedent for activism and advocacy across the political spectrum.

Incredible photos from a rally held by Alexa Avilés, Council Members, and advocates in City Hall Park today ahead of the Council’s joint Immigration and Hospitals oversight hearing on the experience of Black migrants in NYC.

📷 NYC Council Media Unit

For far too long the call for housing, work, health & support services for Black migrants have gone unheard.

Today, 1000+ Black immigrants and advocacy orgs like ACT showed up at NY City Hall to amplify their voices and make their concerns heard!

We all pay a price for GOP nativism:

Immigrants Contribute Billions to Federal & State Taxes Each Year
immigrationimpact.com/2024/04/15/imm…

I’m honored to serve with Alexa Avilés & Mercedes Narcisse who had the vision to hold today’s important and unprecedented hearing on the specific & unique experiences of Black Migrants. Over 1,000 people showed up at City Hall, and what a beautiful sight it is to see!!

Hundreds of African migrants outside city hall as hearing on their experiences takes place inside city hall.

Thousands of African migrants are rallying at City Hall to have their voices heard. They add to the tapestry that makes New York— New York! We hope the Mayor hears their voices!

Today’s hearing centers the experiences of Black immigrants in NYC and has turned out over 1000 people

We must uproot the anti-Blackness that plagues our systems of care - this work requires dedication, creativity, and a city willing to fund our short, mid, and long term needs

A security guard tells me an est. 1,200 people are in line outside New York Coty Hall.

These are largely Black migrants here for a council hearing on the experiences of Black migrants.

The guard said there's never before been that many attendees for a hearing.

🚨 STATEMENT: Immigrant Rights Advocates and Elected Officials Celebrate Senate’s Passage of the Language Access Act

'The Language Access Expansion Act will empower immigrant communities to advocate for themselves...' Murad Awawdeh

🔗: nyic.org/2024/04/immigr…

🚨JUST IN: The Language Access Expansion Act has passed the NYS Senate! 🎉

Huge shoutout to Senator Tim Kennedy for championing S.3381A that will ensure that all NYers have equal opportunities to exercise our rights w/o language being an obstacle.

NY Assembly Majority, pass A.7235!