NEW YORK, CMC – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) on Wednesday applauded the passage of a New York City Council resolution on the right to legal counsel in immigration proceedings for Caribbean and other immigrants. “Today.
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more.
Nearly one in every three noncitizens with pending immigration proceedings in New York lacks a lawyer. A proposed bill introduced in January would create a first-in-the-nation right to counsel for people facing deportation, and improve the odds for thousands of them to obtain relief.