📺IN THE NEWS: Our President and CEO Murad Awawdeh, joins Inside City Hall to talk about changes to migrant policy and more.

The 30 and 60-day rule have no data to support its effectiveness, on the contrary, data shows how exit policies will have negative consequences on NYC.

Worker justice is immigrant justice. The time is NOW for lawmakers to pass #NY4All so all NY workers can participate in their communities and provide for their families with dignity and without fear: nyclu.org/act-ny4all

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Beh Meh has been translating for her family her whole life. Like her, many NYers have been excluded from obtaining critical documentation in their language.

NY Assembly Majority, bring A.7235 to the floor to ensure we remove language barriers for all NYers. 🚨p2a.co/C9RsoFl🚨

Happy Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month! 🎉 Did you know? New York is home to the second largest Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) population in the country. ⭐️ 2 million New Yorkers are part of the AAPI community. #aapi #aapi heritagemonth

Mayor Eric Adams has vowed that every family who wants a seat in New York City’s free preschool program for 3-year-olds will receive one—not everyone did.

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Immigrant 👏🏽justice is👏🏽 language justice!

The Senate did their job, now it's time for the NYS Assembly to pass the Language Access Expansion Act this year!

Take action, email your assembly members and demand A.7235 to be voted on the floor:🚨p2a.co/C9RsoFl 🚨

The #NY4All Act increases community safety by prohibiting all local law enforcement from conspiring w/ICE or participating in its cruelty.

Listen to Alma from Mujeres Divinas share her experience of when her mom was stopped at a traffic stop.

With the 2024 presidential election looming, the time is NOW for NY to step up and enact strong protections to keep families together.

🗣️TELL LAWMAKERS: With only weeks left of the legislative session, we must pass #NY4All NOW to protect our communities.
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Mayor Adams' comment on new arrivals making 'excellent swimmers' is racist—“that because some folks had to swim or wade through water on their dangerous journey seeking safety here in the United States”, they would be good lifeguards.

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Our ED spoke at a City Council rally with New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) urging NYC to invest in quality education for immigrant youth. Every student deserves access to education that helps them thrive! #NYIC #EducationForAll #ImmigrantRights

Executive director of New York Immigration Coalition talks about changes to migrant policy ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug… Murad Awawdeh New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)

Add $300k to the 6 new transfer school programs to support older newcomer immigrant youth: ENL teachers & social workers, culturally responsive wrap-around services++;🌏
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Muslim Community Network Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project Adama Bah NYC Public Schools Kesi gordon UFT TransferHSSuperintendent City-Wide Transfer High Schools

'My Dad was rushed to hospital b/c he had a heart attack, he was allergic to shrimp but that information, due to the language barrier, was not communicated correctly.' ACCESS of WNY

✅Expanding #LanguageAccess will save lives 👉🏽NYS Assembly, it's time to pass A.7235!

Today we stood with Council Member Shahana Hanif and partners New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) NYCLU and The Bronx Defenders to rally + stand with immigrant NYers like Jennifer, who suffered from detention and separation from her children when a city agency colluded with ICE - in direct violation of NYC laws #ICEOutNYC

NYC’s sanctuary laws must be enforced if we are to build trust between immigrant communities and govt actors. Otherwise rights w/o remedies aren't rights at all. We urge New York City Council to pass Council Member Shahana Hanif's Intro 214 so no one else has to go through what Jennifer did. #ICEOutNYC

With #NYCBudget negotiations soon coming to a close, CIANA spent this week at City Hall- testifying in support of education access for newly-arrived migrant youth, and demanding budget equity for #AAPI New Yorkers and all our immigrant neighbors.

🚨 STATEMENT: New DHS Immigration Court Docket Harm Asylum Seekers with Expedited Removals

'An expedited process cannot come at the expense of due process or a fair consideration of an individual’s asylum claim...' Murad Awawdeh

🔗: nyic.org/2024/05/new-dh…

🚨 STATEMENT: We Rallied at City Hall For Pro-Immigrant NYC Budget & Legislation

' 'Access to a quality education, a good job, housing, language services and healthcare, rather than austerity and marginalization, is what all NYers need' Murad Awawdeh

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