New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Orders NYC to Drop Foie Gras Sales Ban
- by Sergio A. SaraviaCity’s Foie Gras Sales Ban Violates Section 305-a of N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law, which Protects Farms Against Unreasonable Regulations Hudson Valley duck farmers, organized as the Catskill Foie Gras Collective, announced today that the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has ruled that NYC’s proposed ban on…
Sergio A. SaraviaSullivan County Duck Farms to Continue to Sell Foie Gras in NYC, Per NYS Court Injunction
- by Sergio A. SaraviaCourt issued injunction allows sale of foie gras in NYC as issue plays out in court New York’s Sullivan County duck farms, La Belle and Hudson Valley Foie Gras, announced today a victory in their continuing legal battle against Local Law 202, which will ban the sale of foie gras…
Sergio A. SaraviaFederal Judge Rules Kenneth T. Cuccinelli was Unlawfully Appointed to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- by Sergio A. SaraviaA federal court ruled that senior Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli served illegally last year in a position overseeing immigration and invalidated a change to asylum policy put in place during that time. The judge determined that President Trump tried to bypass the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and appointed Cuccinelli…
Sergio A. SaraviaICE Has Been Illegally Detaining Thousands of Immigrants in New York
- by Sergio A. SaraviaCivil liberties groups are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) an agency they claim has been illegally keeping the immigrants it arrests in the New York jails while they await a court hearing. Their claim alleges that under the Trump administration, ICE’s New York field office is holding people illegally,…
Sergio A. SaraviaIn a Blow to Green Card Holders in Illinois, the US Supreme Court Allows Trump’s Public Charge Rule to Move Forward
- by Sergio A. SaraviaThe United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration on Friday night when it overturned an Illinois state injunction and allowed the Federal government to move ahead with its plan to deny green cards to immigrants who are on, or are likely to take advantage of, public…
Sergio A. SaraviaGreyhound Bus Lines Did NOT Have to Allow Immigration Checks on Their Busses
- by Sergio A. SaraviaBus transportation companies, such as Greyhound, do not have to allow Border Patrol agents onboard their busses to conduct routine checks for undocumented immigrants, despite Greyhound’s insistence that it has no choice but to do so. Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus carrier, has permitted Patrol agents to conduct such immigration…
Sergio A. SaraviaClassmates Rally to Release Young Honduran Woman from Immigration Detention
- by Sergio A. SaraviaA high school senior held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than four months has been released – thanks in part by the efforts of her fellow classmates in a Chicago-suburb high school. Back in 2018, Guzman Rivas and her father fled gang violence in Honduras and sought…
Sergio A. SaraviaGovernor Cuomo Schedules Meeting with Trump to Seek Compromise on Global Entry Policy
- by Sergio A. SaraviaNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo is headed to Washington DC today to sit down with President Trump and work on a compromise that will allow NY state residents back into the Global Entry and Trusted Traveler Programs. Earlier this month, the Trump Administration asked the Department of Homeland Security to…
Sergio A. SaraviaGlobal Entry Programs Suspended for New Yorkers Because of the State’s Green Light Law That Allows Immigrants to Apply for Drivers Licenses
- by Sergio A. SaraviaLast week, the Department of Homeland Security stopped allowing New York state residents to enroll in or renew Global Entry and Trusted Traveler programs because of NY’s “Green Light Law” which allows undocumented immigrants to apply for NY State driver’s licenses. The Department stated that they would no longer take…
Sergio A. SaraviaWall Street Journal Confirms: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is Using Cell Phone Location Data to Track Immigrants.
- by Sergio A. SaraviaAny number of the apps on your cellphone – from games to camera, to maps/GPS – track your physical whereabouts and keep a log of where you’ve been. Today, the Wall Street Journal newspaper reports that the Trump administration has been buying this information from data vendors and is using…
Sergio A. SaraviaSupreme Court Allows Trump’s Public Charge Rule To Move Forward
- by Sergio A. SaraviaOn Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump Administration’s so called Public Charge law. It will now be much more difficult for low-income immigrants who wish to come to or stay in the United States. According to the Public Charge rule, immigrants that rely on public…
Sergio A. SaraviaSupreme Court to Rule on Trump Administration’s Public Charge Appeal
- by Sergio A. SaraviaIn an update to a story we reported on earlier, The Trump administration has filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court for permission to deny immigrants green cards if they have used public-assistance programs like Medicaid, housing assistance, or food stamps. Several Federal judges have blocked this “public charge”…
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