immigration

"There is a fear that the federal government is changing the immigration landscape in a negative way. I am not in support of the BCRC and its employees being associated with these extreme changes."

Details on the raids seem to be in flux, but the New York Times and other outlets have reported they are slated for Sunday, and may target immigrants in at least 10 large cities who already have deportation orders.

In New York state, a new law that allows the immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses has safeguards against such searches.

The first lawsuit has been filed against New York’s new law to permit undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses, as Governor Andrew Cuomo continued to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the new law.

Some county clerks who are opposed to the law are pressing forward on a federal lawsuit.

"Predominantly, these are folks that are not legally in the country and that brings up a whole bunch of other questions. I have some concerns about that."

Immigrant researchers and professors must often take low-paid "survival jobs" in the US. At Brooklyn's summer Open Air University, they're sharing their niche expertise.

"Democrat Senators had the opportunity to go against their One Party Leadership, but chose politics over the people."

"We have to write a law that does not have an unintended consequence, that's what the smart people are worried about."

"We have to be mindful of those who also want to do us harm. That is something I don’t think this bill takes into account."