Press Clips

To help immigrants, their loved ones and community allies, IDP collaborated on a series of short videos produced by Newsweek. Learn how to prepare for an ICE raid and your rights during encounters with ICE in the community.

For more information on the genesis of these videos, check out “Families Fearing Deportation Because of Trump’s Immigration Policies Prepare for I.C.E. Raid,” an op-ed written by IDP’s Mizue Aizeki.

IDP in the News 

• What NY’s Marijuana Legalization Law Means for Immigrants (CityLimits, 4/1/21)
• Cannabis becomes legal in New York (Queens Chronicle, 4/1/21)
• ‘New Era for Marijuana Justice’: New York Legalization Bill Signed into Law (Commondreams.org, 3/31/21)
• New York Passes Historic Cannabis Legalization Bill, Next Stop Is Governor Cuomo (Green Market Report, 3/31/21)
• Advocacy Groups Again Ask CBP to Withdraw Biometrics Expansion Proposal (Nextgov, 3/15/21)
• NY lawmakers push to pass wrongful convictions act (PIX11, 3/4/21)
• A Deportation Nightmare in the Bronx (The New Yorker, 2/28/21)
• New York Lawmakers Pay a Surprise Visit to Orange County Correctional Facility (2/25/21)
• Feds Face FOIA Suit Over Palantir’s COVID-19 Data Platform (Law360, 2/23/21)
• NYPD Surveillance Needs to Be More Transparent, Say Advocates (NY City Lens, 2/23/21)
• Immigration Has Not Been Magically Fixed Under Biden (The River, 2/16/21)
• DHS Plan To Photograph All Travelers Faces Public Scrutiny (Law360, 2/9/21)
• The First Days of the Biden Presidency (Documented, 1/28/21)
• 135 Civil Rights Groups Oppose New Domestic Terrorism Statutes, Say Tackle Far-Right Violence With Existing Laws (Common Dreams, 1/21/21)
• Civil Rights Groups Ask Congress Not To Expand Domestic Terrorism Legal Authority (Newsweek, 1/21/21)
• Biden and Immigration: How to Push the Administration on Immigrant Rights (TeenVogue, 1/14/21)
• Arrecia ICE tácticas terroristas contra indocumentados y ciudades Santuario (Radio Bilingue, 1/14/21)
• ICE guarda silencio sobre ley que prohibe arrestos en los tribunales de Nueva York (Univision, 12/16/20)
• Nueva York aprueba ley para limitar arrestos de migrantes (Conexion Migrante, 12/16/20)
• Cuomo finally signs protect our courts act to stop courthouse arrests (Documented NY, 12/16/20)
• Law limiting arrest of C’bean nationals in New York courthouses signed (Jamaica Observer, 12/16/20)
• Cuomo signs Protect Our Courts Act (Niagara Frontier Publications, 12/16/20)
• Nueva York impide a Inmigracion detener a los indocumentados en juzgados (El Diario, 12/16/20)
• ICE ya no podra hacer operativos para detener a inmigrantes en las cortes de Nueva York (Telemundo, 12/16/20)
• Cuomo firma ley que prohíbe arrestos de ICE en cortes (NY1 Noticias, 12/16/20)
• Cuomo Signs Bill Preventing ICE Agents From Making Arrests at State Courthouses (Sunnyside Post, 12/16/20)
• Cuomo Signs Into Law Measure to Keep ICE Officials Out of New York Courthouses (New York Law Journal, 12/16/20)
• Gov. Cuomo signed act ensuring New Yorkers in justice system won’t be targeted by immigration (WSYR, 12/16/20)
• Gov. Cuomo Signs act ensuring New Yorkers in justice system won’t be targeted by immigration (WETM, 12/16/20)
• Governor Cuomo Signs the ‘Protect Our Courts’ Act (Office of the Governor, 12/15/20)
• New York Blocks ICE from Entering State’s Courts (Law360, 12/15/20)
• New York Gov. Cuomo Signs Protect Our Courts Act Prohibiting ICE from Making Arrests in State Courthouses (FoxNews, 12/15/20)
• New York enacts law barring ICE from courthouses without warrant (New York Daily News, 12/15/20)
• Cuomo Signs Law Barring ICE from New York Courthouses (NY State of Politics, 12/15/20)

• Jueza frena regla de Trump que aumenta barreras para obtener asilo (EFE, 11/20/2020)
• Federal judge blocks new criminal disqualifiers to asylum (AP, 11/19/2020)
• Judge blocks rule to bar asylum for immigrants convicted of crimes (Reuters, 11/19/2020)
• Judge Blocks Policy Expanding Criminal Bars To Asylum (Law360, 11/19/2020)
• ICE Seeks Large New Cloud Contract Involving Microsoft, Azure, AWS (Data Center Knowledge, 11/19/2020)
• Judge Bars Immigration Arrests at San Diego’s Federal Courthouse (Voice of San Diego, 11/18/2020)
• Advocates urge Cuomo to sign bills that will help immigrants, communities of color (Alton Telegraph, 11/18/2020)
• Judge Blocks Trump New Limits to Asylum Eligibility (Courthouse News Service, 11/18/2020)
• ICE seeks large new cloud contract involving Microsoft, Amazon (Stars and Stripes, 11/17/2020)
• So, Joe Biden Won. Now, Activists Look at the Work That Still Lies Ahead (Harper’s Bazaar, 11/13/2020)
• Immigration Arrest Tactics Come Under Scrutiny for Mimicking NYPD (Gothamist, 10/28/2020)
• ICE Reactivates in New York: Advocates Demand Investigation (City Limits, 10/22/2020)
• Amazon’s Spying Is a Threat to Workers and Democracy (Open Society Foundations, 10/22/2020)
• Cuomo Has Not Signed a Bill to Fight ICE Arrests at Courthouses (Documented, 10/21/2020)
• ICE deporta a hispano al mismo tiempo que el juez detuvo la orden de expulsión (El Diario NY, 5/21/2020)
• Asylum Seeker Who Sued ICE Deported to Mexico Despite Judge’s Order (Democracy Now, 5/21/2020)
• SCOTUS Takes Swipe at Ninth Circuit in Case Dealing with Alien Harboring Statute (Immigration Blog, 5/8/2020)
• Supreme Court Rebukes Appeals Panel Over Noncitizens Ruling (Wall Street Journal, 5/7/2020)
• Justices Send Immigration Consulting Case Back to Ninth Circuit (Courthouse News Service, 5/7/2020)
• Ginsburg eviscerates 9th Circuit’s handling of immigration consultant’s case (FOX News, 5/7/2020)
• Rakoff Threatens To End ICE Arrest Hearing Over Interruptions (Law360, 5/5/2020)
• Green Card Holder Up for Removal Loses High Court Appeal (Courthouse News Service, 4/23/2020)
• How to Support Immigrants In the U.S. During the Coronavirus Pandemic (TeenVogue, 4/16/2020)
• Advocates raise concerns ICE conducting raids in pandemic on Staten Island (Staten Island Advance, 3/31/2020)
• HOW ICE OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK SET THE STAGE FOR A CORONAVIRUS NIGHTMARE IN LOCAL JAILS (The Intercept, 3/27/2020)
• ICE RAIDS CONTINUE IN STATEN ISLAND DESPITE GLOBAL PANDEMIC (The City, 3/25/2020)
• Fearing Coronavirus And Seeking Release, ICE Detainees In Newark Go on Hunger Strike (Gothamist, 3/19/2020)
• Detained Children Must Appear in Immigration Court, Despite Coronavirus Fears (Documented, 3/19/2020)
• Advocates call for ICE to halt courthouse arrests during COVID (Queens Daily Eagle, 3/17/2020)
• City Council Seeks To Stop ICE Abuse in New York Hospitals (City Limits, 3/13/2020)
• ICE Is Arresting Central Americans As They Drop Off Relatives For Flights At JFK (Gothamist, 3/13/2020)
• Rally Demands End to ICE Agent Arrests of Undocumented Immigrants in Connecticut Courthouses (Between the Lines, 3/11/2020)
• ‘Flood the Streets’: ICE Targets Sanctuary Cities With Increased Surveillance  (New York Times, 3/6/2020)
• Barr Tells Justices Immigrants Must Disprove Moral Turpitude (Law360, 2/28/2020)
• Meet Genesis Aquino, the Dominican-Born Immigrant Running for Office in One of New York City’s Most Immigrant-Dense Districts (BELatina, 3/5/2020)
• Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages on Immigrants in Court (New York Now, 2/23/2020)
• ICE patrols Queens Criminal Courthouse without making an arrest (Queens Daily Eagle, 2/25/2020)
• Las leyes de libertad bajo fianza no se tocan (El Diario NY, 2/12/2020)
• Bail reform supporters rally at state capital to protect law, end mass criminalization (CBS6 Albany, 2/12/2020)
• ICE Out, School Help, and What If We Used Our Imagination? (Radio Kingston, 2/12/2020)
• New York state sues Trump administration over suspension of Trusted Traveler Program (World Socialist Web Site, 2/12/2020)
• Rare Writ No Help In Activist’s 3rd Circ. Deportation Appeal (Law360, 2/11/2020)
• Shooting of Man in the Face by ICE Turns Into a Trump-New York Fight (New York Times, 2/11/2020)
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shoots unarmed man in the face in New York City (World Socialist Web Site, 2/7/2020)
• Trump administration sues Calif. over private prison ban (Corrections One, 1/28/2020)
• Ohio Judge Incites Backlash For Reporting Defendants To ICE (Law360, 1/28/2020)
• An Ode to Manhattan’s Chinatown (New York Times, 1/28/2020)
• This Lunar New Year Webshop Celebrates the Best of Chinatown, Young and Old  (Vogue, 1/27/2020)
• Trump Administration Sues California Over Private Prison Ban (LA Times, 1/25/2020)
• New report finds ICE is circumventing a rule to detain immigrants in New York courthouses (Alternet 1/21/2020)
• Kingston forum looks at NY state legislation to bar immigration-related arrests in courts (Daily Freeman, 1/16/2020)
• Report: ICE Still Making Arrests In And Around NY Courthouses, Despite State Directive (Gothamist, 1/15/2020)
• Advocates call on state lawmakers to outlaw ICE arrests at courthouses (NPR, 1/15/2020)
• Activists renew push to keep ICE out of courthouses (Queens Daily Eagle, 1/15/2020)
• Early Arrival: ICE Courthouse Arrests Persist Despite Court Directive (Documented, 1/15/2020)
• Investing in Immigrant Surveillance: Palantir and the #NoTechForICE Campaign (Forbes, 1/15/2020)
• ICE ignoring courthouse guidelines to make arrests: report (NY Daily News, 1/14/2020)
• Proyecto de ley propone impedir que ICE entre en las cortes de Nueva York (Univision, 1/14/2020)
• Legislators, immigrant advocates rally in Albany for bill to stop ICE courthouse arrest (Albany Times Union, 1/14/2020)
• Move to Bar ICE Arrests at State Courthouses Gains Momentum Among NY Lawmakers (New York Law Journal, 1/14/2020)
• Legislators aim to bar ICE arrests at courthouses (Hudson Valley 360, 1/14/2020)
• What to look for in criminal justice reform in New York in 2020 (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1/1/2020)
• Federal judge clears way for New York lawsuit challenging ICE on courthouse arrests (NY Daily News, 12/19/2020)
• Rakoff Greenlights NY Challenge To ICE Courthouse Arrests (Law360, 12/19/2020)

• ICE Puts Immigrants Into a Cruel Catch-22 (The Nation, 12/6/2018)
• Federal court tosses law that makes advice to immigrants a crime (San Francisco Chronicle, 12/4/2018)
• California Governor Jerry Brown is Fighting Trump with Pardons. Will Other Governors Follow Suit? (The Appeal, 11/29/2018)
• ICE Arrests at New York City Courthouses are Increasing — This Video Captures One   (The Intercept, 11/2/18)
• Video Shows Court Staff Helping ICE Agents Make Arrest (Documented, 11/2/18)
• Pardons for immigrants with criminal records emerge as a tool of resistance to Trump’s deportation agenda (The Appeal, 10/31/18)
• This non-profit organization helps immigrants in danger of deportation apply for pardons / Esta organización sin fines de lucro ayuda a inmigrantes en peligro de deportación a obtener el indulto (Univision, 10/29/18)
• Who’s Behind ICE? How Amazon, Palantir, Microsoft & Tech Giants Are Powering Trump’s Deportations (Democracy Now!, 10/24/18)
• Tech Companies Are Profiting Off ICE Deportations, Report Shows (Fortune, 10/23/18)
• Big Brother is being increasingly outsourced to Silicon Valley, says report (Fast Company, 10/23/18)
• Tech firms make millions from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, report finds (The Guardian, 10/23/18)
• These Companies Are Helping Trump Wage ‘Technological Warfare’ Against Immigrants (Rewire, 10/23/18)
• Amazon is the invisible backbone behind ICE’s immigration crackdown (MIT Tech Review, 10/22/18)
• Queens DA Race Could Reshape NYC’s Immigration Enforcement (Documented, 10/15/18)
• Kicking ICE Out of the Courthouses (The Nation, 9/5/18)
• What Happens During an ICE Raid (Teen Vogue, 8/17/18)
• New research shows nearly 100 ICE raids in Queens since President Trump took office (QNS, 8/14/18)
• ‘ICEwatch‘, el mapa interactivo que muestra casi 700 redadas de ICE desde 2013 (Univision Noticias, 7/24/18)
• ¿Por qué Nueva York es llamada “zona de peligro” para inmigrantes? (El Diario NY, 7/25/18)
• ICE usa tácticas más duras en Nueva York bajo Trump: informe (Telemundo, 7/25/18)
• ‘ICEWatch’ offers searchable details of immigration raids via interactive map (amNY, 7/23/18)
• Interactive map details ICE raids in New York (Metro US, 7/24/18)
• Ice has conducted hundreds of raids in new york since trump came to power. Here’s what those operations look like (The Intercept, 7/23/18)
• City of Fear (New York Mag / The Marshall Project, 7/23/18)
• Lessons from New York’s Immigration Raids (CityLab, 7/23/18)
• Another Way to Keep Families Together: Join the New Sanctuary Movement (The Nation, 6/29/18)
• ICE suspension of in-person immigration court hearings continues despite end to protest (amNY, 6/28/18)
• On The Count: The Prison and Criminal Justice Report (WBAI, 6/23/18)
• Trump’s Immigration Goon Squad Pretends to Be Police in NYC (The Daily Beast, 6/18/18)
• Immigration advocates rally for ‘ICE-free courts’ as NY Assembly bill seeks limits on federal agents (amNY, 6/5/18)
• Presentan proyecto de ley que busca impedir arrestos de indocumentados en cortes de Nueva York (Univision, 6/5/18)
• Assembly Bill Would Ban ICE Agents From Courthouse Arrests (WNYC, 6/5/18)
• New York Could Institute Strongest Protections Against ICE Courthouse Arrests in US (Observer, 6/1/18)
• The Capitol Pressroom: Alisa Wellek & Khalil Cumberbatch (WNYC, 5/22/18)
• Immigration activists will rally in Albany to halt deportations (The New York Daily News, 5/20/18)
• The Fight to Stop One Man’s Deportation (The Nation, 5/15/18)
• Judge urged to curb ICE arrests at New York State courts (New York Daily News, 5/9/18)
• Van en aumento los arrestos de ‘La Migra’ fuera de cortes de Nueva (el Diario, 5/8/2018)
• ICE Evades Sanctuary Rules by Using NYPD Fingerprints to Find Immigrants And Send Them Call-In Letters (The Intercept, 4/26/18)
• Brian Talks New York: Trump Vs. New York: Immigration Update (Brian Lehrer, CUNY TV, 4/25/18)
• ICE Age in the Courts (WNYC, 4/13/2018)
• Teenage MS-13 Gang Informant Heads Into Final Asylum Hearing (ProPublica / New York Magazine, 4/5/18)
• In a ‘Sanctuary City,’ Immigrants Are Still at Risk (The New York Times, 2/27/18)
• NY Court Officials Say They ‘Cannot and Will Not’ Ban ICE From Courtrooms (NPR Latino, 2/26/18)
• For Immigrants in Trump’s America, the Dystopian Future Has Already Arrived (The Nation, 2/13/18)
• There’s No Population Off the Table (Dissent Magazine, 1/31/18)
• ICE Immigration Agents Directed to Go After Undocumented Immigrants Attending Court (Newsweek, 1/31/2018)
• It’s Come To This: ICE Tells Its Agents It’s Not Cool To Arrest Witnesses Testifying At Trials (Buzzfeed, 1/31/2018)
• U.S. immigration agency clarifies policy on courthouse arrests (Reuters, 1/31/2018)
• Governor Pardons NYC Immigrants Facing Possible Deportation (Patch, 12/28/2018)
• Why Numbers Alone Obscure the Real Deportation Story (The Nation, 12/28/2018)
• Why Young People Are Pushing for a Clean Dream Act (Teen Vogue, 12/7/2017)