Immigrant Rights

Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an urgent plea to the Biden administration on New York’s migrant crisis. She said the state desperately needs the federal government to help with housing and work authorizations for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers.

OLA of Eastern Long Island is staffing up with two new lawyers to grapple with government-backed bans on incoming migrants, and to provide legal assistance for asylum seekers.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone issued an emergency order Friday to assist New York City address a shortage of available housing for migrants legally seeking asylum. Civil rights and immigrant groups protested the County Legislature on Tuesday, calling any attempt to block migrants from the southern border would be discriminatory.

Civil rights and immigration support groups protested Suffolk County’s plans to block migrants from relocating there, saying any lawsuit would be discriminatory. Then, legislators sidestepped the issue.

Connecticut doctors are calling on state lawmakers to cover undocumented immigrants who financially qualify for the HUSKY Health program until age 26.

Advocates wrote to legislators and spoke at a hearing urging Connecticut to expand Medicaid to people 25 and younger regardless of immigration status.

Hundreds of Afghans have resettled in Connecticut in the year since the Taliban’s takeover of the country following the U.S. withdrawal of troops. New legislation seeks to make them more at home.

Local advocacy groups, including the New Haven-based Unidad Latina en Acción, rallied in support of the federal policy that was released last week that protects undocumented workers who are whistleblowers.

Days after indicting a man for a string of brutal hate crimes, Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini announced the creation of an office dedicated to…

Vice President Kamala Harris asked Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont if the state can help house some of the 19,000 migrant children that crossed the…