Organizers canceled World Refugee Day’s typical festival out of fear of ICE crackdowns. The event typically draws about 500 people, organizers said.
Immigration
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More than 6,100 refugees in Onondaga County could lose SNAP benefits
The loss of SNAP benefits is because of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. County officials say they’re working on a plan to mitigate the effects.
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Josue hoped an asylum hearing could free him. Then it was canceled.
Josue Alvarado fled Ecuador with his family. A new asylum trend is making it harder for him to stay in the U.S.
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Albany reins in police collaboration with ICE but doesn’t ban informal cooperation
The legislation comes after months of haggling over how best to protect New Yorkers from President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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In the U.S. Western District of New York, your judge may matter more than your immigration case
For detained immigrants filing habeas corpus petitions, the luck of the judicial draw could mean the difference between freedom and remaining in detention.
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A Syracuse man’s family got him out of ICE detention. He still lives in fear of deportation.
When ICE detained Rafael, his family relied on TikTok, Instagram reels and themselves.
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What is a habeas corpus petition?
Explaining one of the only ways detained migrants can be released from ICE detention.
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ICE seizes advocate for migrant farmworkers
The 54-year-old grandmother was arrested at routine check-in as a fearful family waited outside. She was in the country legally while contesting a deportation order.
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Sean Kirst: ‘Birthright citizenship’ was family ignition that helped create a Le Moyne College president
Linda LeMura, first female layperson to serve as president of a Jesuit college, says her mother’s American ideals meant everything.
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Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon has kept the county in a state of emergency for nearly three years. Why?
McMahon has hundreds of times renewed two executive orders barring outside municipalities from funding housing for migrants in Onondaga County. That’s “unconstitutional,” says an NYCLU lawyer.
