The U Visa For Crime Victims
January 16, 2010
The U visa provides immigration status to certain victims of certain crimes. It was created in the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, Pub. Law 106-386 § 1513, codified at 8 USCA §§ 1101(a)(15)(U), 1184(o) and 1255(l), and its implementing regulations are at 8 CFR § 214.14.1 Read More

Understanding Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
An Advocates Call to Action
January 16, 2010
There are few groups in the United States more vulnerable than undocumented and unaccompanied immigrant children. The circumstances of their arrival in the U.S. include fleeing dangers and natural disasters in their home countries, separation from family members, abuse, neglect, abandonment and being the victims of crimes such as human trafficking and child labor. Read More

Overcoming Intimidation and Harrassment of Migrant Farmworkers
November 2, 2009
Last year, only a few months after I began working at Farmworker Legal Services of New York (FLSNY), I received a fax scrawled with ethnic slurs and xenophobic remarks, interspersed with irrelevant provisions of immigration law and accusations that our office was harboring terrorist sympathizers, aiding and abetting them in evading authorities and violating the law. Read More

Department of Labor Establishes Bureau of Immigrant Workers’ Rights'
August 1, 2007
As announced by the Department of Labor, recent developments are addressing the growing needs of immigrant workers in New York State by establishing a Bureau of Immigrant Workers’ Rights. This Bureau will serve as the organizational home base for issues affecting the immigrant workforce. Read More

Path to Citizenship Scattered with Landmines
June 1, 2007
On May 17, 2007, Senators working on the arduous task of putting together a comprehensive immigration reform deal announced an agreement on a possible immigration package. The agreement itself is significant considering the importance of the issue in our country and how many people this could affect. However significant the new proposal might be, some of the provisions need great improvement. Read More