❤️ 🦋 Last week at our Long Island office, 80+ members gathered for a community potluck to welcome home neighbors and community members who were recently released from detention. A heartfelt appreciation for the work of our Raids & Legal Team for bringing these families back together! ¡Sí se puede!

🦋 Thank you for supporting our work in immigrant working-class communities of color in New York!

With the city budget deadline approaching, today our members rallied to demand the City Council restore $9.75 million in NYC Benefits funding. Without it, tens of thousands of NYers will lose the food, housing & healthcare assistance that is helping our communities survive the affordability crisis!

"Grouping over 100 people in an immigration hearing at a time... denies individuals any due process. This is especially troubling for those without legal representation, many of whom will struggle to understand what these hearings entail and whether they will have a meaningful chance to be heard."

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ As we kick off Pride month, join us this Sunday, June 7 at 11 AM at Queens Pride to march alongside our immigrant Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, Intersex & Queer (TGNCIQ) siblings to highlight their struggles and resilience! See the amazing moments we captured from Queens Pride 2025.

ICYMI: On Monday, May 18, we won a court ruling barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from arresting immigrants at NYC courthouses. Learn what this means for New Yorkers attending immigration court. Spanish version can be found on our website at: nosprotegemosny.org

"One of the young men there, Lionel, [a Make the Road NY youth member] from Ecuador who used only his first name for fear of ICE retaliation, said he was heartened that immigration agents would no longer have free rein to patrol churches, hospitals and especially schools."

Earlier this week, our members traveled to Albany to speak with legislators on the urgency of passing the Rent Emergency Stabilization Act (REST) this legislative session. Help us pass the REST Act: call your local elected Assembly and Senate representatives and demand they pass this bill!

🎉HUGE NEWS! Following relentless advocacy from our immigrant communities, New York State passed a budget with new protections for immigrant New Yorkers! 🧵

Today, our members joined @governor.ny.gov for the signing of the NYS immigration package. At a time where our immigrant families, friends and neighbors are facing targeted attacks by ICE, we're excited for the new safeguards codified into law today. Explainer on the package coming soon.

For months we’ve been talking with The City to uncover the targeting of our Latin American immigrant communities by ICE and DHS. This investigation proved that ICE agents are purposefully arresting Hispanic New Yorkers, regardless of their immigration status. 📰 projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

Yesterday, our attorneys along with @nyclu.org, @aclu.org Wang Hecker LLP presented oral arguments in our lawsuit on the treatment of people detained in hold rooms at 26 Fed Plaza. We argued that the court should grant permanent protections so the basic needs of detained individuals are met.

"The emails and testimony, unearthed by the plaintiffs in discovery, show that ICE workers themselves raised concerns over the conditions. The four cells were regularly crammed with over 100 detainees — and at times upwards of 150 — according to the plaintiffs’ attorneys," via @gothamist.com.

"Outside of the courthouse, Make the Road New York attorney Harold Solis, who is on the plaintiffs’ legal team, decried the “deplorable conditions” detainees face while at 26 Federal Plaza. 'The evidence confirms everything that our clients and our witnesses have talked about,' Solis said."

Today, our members joined The Fair Chance for Housing Coalition & New York Human Rights Law Working Group (NYHRLWG) at City Hall to urge @mayor.nyc.gov & City Council to add $10 million to the @nycchr.bsky.social’s budget to protect immigrants and workers from discrimination, exploitation & abuse!

“[The gov's] lawyers finally admitted in March of this year that actually, their policy doesn’t allow them to do so,” said Alexandria Rizio from our legal team. We’ve been working for over a year to expose the federal government’s unlawful conduct & will monitor the implementation of this ruling.

Our members have been in the fight to pass the Good Cause Eviction Law in Sleepy Hollow for months in order to prevent tenants like Ruth and her family from losing their homes due to unreasonable rent increases. Pass #GoodCause now!

This is not a paperwork problem. USCIS delays are forcing DACA recipients into preventable crises. We are in the most dangerous moment DACA has ever faced. Swipe to understand what's really happening and what we're doing about it. ✍️ Send a letter to address DACA delays: unitedwedre.am/DACADelayHIH

As New Yorkers continue to wait on a state budget that protects us ALL, our youth members have been in Albany advocating for the safety of their classmates, friends and family. It’s time for @governor.ny.gov to listen to her constituents and pass the New York for All Act in this budget! #NY4All

New data: Monthly debt payments have more than doubled in working-class NYC neighborhoods since 2018. Today, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & Borrower Justice launched #AffordableNYCNow—an economic agenda the Mamdani Admin can act on now. Check it out: protectborrowers.org/resource/affordable-nyc-now/

ICYMI: Earlier this week, a district court ruled that ICE officers are largely prohibited from conducting civil immigration enforcement actions in or near 26 Federal Plaza, 201 Varick Street, and 290 Broadway. ✊ We are PROUD to have been among the group of organizations that made this happen.

📚️ This week, we hosted a community workshop in partnership with CUNY at our Queens office to support future immigrant students on their path toward higher education This exciting opportunity gave our communities first-hand knowledge on continuing their education, regardless of immigration status.

"Rather than attempt to override Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first veto, the New York City Council will reintroduce a new version of the controversial bill that would require the police department to create and publicize plans for security perimeters around educational facilities during protests."

"Federal agents can no longer make arrests without exceptional circumstances in and around three Manhattan buildings where immigration proceedings occur, a judge ruled. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the @nyclu.org, @aclu.org, Make the Road NY and others."

"Parents were ripped away from their children, students were detained, and loved ones disappeared into inhumane detention centers as a result of these immigration courthouse arrests. We welcome today’s decision, which for many will feel long overdue," said our Harold Solis, Co-Legal Director.

💪 We are proud to have been part of the group of organizations fighting in court to end these cruel practices. We are hopeful that this stay will signal an end to the chaos that ICE has brought to our communities in these federal courts.

"Everybody to Kenmure Street" is a POWERFUL documentary that gives us hope in the strength of our movements and communities during these challenging times. 👍 A must see for NYC locals that opens this weekend: dctvny.org/s/firehouse-film/everybody-to-kenmure-street-MCYQF2IJTPSRGVXDJZUCKR6PYHVI

“The order limits ICE's ability to make arrests at NY's immigration courts, and follows a stunning admission from Trump lawyers that they misinterpreted a guidance memo to justify arrests.” A victory for those attending hearings in NYC courts. Our collective efforts to get #ICEOutofNY are working!

🎉 VICTORY- “For nearly a year, countless immigrant New Yorkers have been arrested simply for attending their court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza. We welcome today’s decision, which for many will feel long overdue. We hope today signals an end to this chaos,” said Harold Solis, our Co-Legal Director.

New Yorkers 💙 their immigrant family, friends & neighbors. Help us stop the collusion between New York and ICE that is separating so many families. We already have momentum. Let's get the New York for All Act passed in its ENTIRETY! Call & urge your reps to support #NY4All: win.newmode.net/ny4all

✊Youth has been at the forefront of our push to pass the New York for All Act. Recently, they traveled to Albany to hand deliver over 200 hand-written postcards to @governor.ny.gov from their classmates urging her to pass #NY4All in this budget! Support them: win.newmode.net/ny4all

❤️‍🩹 Half a million New Yorkers will lose health coverage starting on July 1 unless @governor.ny.gov acts NOW! Call Albany leadership to ensure they protect the health coverage of our family & neighbors in NY. 📲 Act now. Urge your reps to protect our coverage: win.newmode.net/protecthealthcare

"Participants will be able to collect stamps from hundreds of community organizations and public events across the city." 🦋 Make the Road NY has been a staple of our immigrant communities in Queens. Come by our Corona (Queens) office to get your stamp!

When DACA recipients are targeted, we all feel it. Teachers, nurses, parents & essential workers — ppl who contribute over $6.4 billion to our economy & power our communities. When USCIS stalls their renewals, all of us lose. ✍️ Call on USCIS to address DACA delays now ➡️ unitedwedre.am/DACADelayHIH

"Nearly half a million New Yorkers are set to lose health insurance under the state’s heavily subsidized Essential Plan. While state leaders agree that’s a huge problem that the state will need to address, the likelihood they’ll include specific measures to help seems increasingly slim.”

On July 1st of this year, nearly half a million New Yorkers will lose their Essential Plan health insurance coverage due to federal health care cuts. The time is NOW for @governor.ny.gov to allocate these funds in the final state budget: win.newmode.net/protecthealthcare

@NYCMayor @NYPDPC STOP protecting abusive cops ❌ Lt. Jonathan Rivera has 40 misconduct complaints + 7 lawsuits costing taxpayers at least $115K – but still has his badge + gun. SHAME! 📢Tell Mamdani & Tisch: Rivera is a danger to NYers and must be fired bit.ly/fire-lt-rivera

BREAKING: 20 NYS + NYC elected officials send letter to @mayor.nyc.gov Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Tisch, urging them to #FireJonathanRivera for his long history of misconduct, including killing #AllanFeliz Read the full letter: buff.ly/Y40zMru

"Trump administration rules are keeping immigrant kids detained, even when their parents are available to care for them. Families are using a new legal tool to free them. They’ve started filing habeas corpus petitions, which allege that the prolonged shelter stays amount to unlawful detention.”

TOMORROW: For one-night-only, the Uptown Film Center is presenting a special screening of "En el Séptimo Día" (On the Seventh Day.) Follow the journey of José, an undocumented Mexican immigrant & delivery worker who leads a local soccer team. 🎟️ uptownfilm.org/calendar Promo code: CP2026

✊ Officer Wayne Isaacs gunned down unarmed Delrawn Small in front of his 4-month-old baby and the oversight board substantiated charges against Isaacs in 2020 – but Isaacs has yet to even face a discipline trial. Tell Commish Tisch & @mayor.nyc.gov to stop delaying: bit.ly/fire-isaacs

BROOKLYN- Know Your Rights: ICE Preparedness Training Join to learn how to: - Recognize ICE activity + respond safely - Support & stand in solidarity w/ impacted families - Build a stronger community of care across Brooklyn RSVP to receive location: www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/...

On Tuesday, UHF hosted a fireside chat on "Protecting Immigrant New Yorkers’ Health and Health Care." UHF President & CEO Oxiris Barbot, MD was joined by experts from @nychealthy.bsky.social, @columbiamed.bsky.social & @maketheroadny.bsky.social to discuss current patterns & pressing policy issues.

Following the release of the New York City budget, Jennifer Hernandez, our Director of Campaigns, issued the following statement on behalf of our 30,000 members.

✊ Tonight, our members joined the Sleepy Hollow Public Hearing to testify on the importance of passing the strongest version of the Good Cause Eviction Law so tenants have the right to continue living in their homes without fear of unreasonable eviction or extreme rent increases.

ICYMI: "In a preliminary vote, the panel, the nine-member Rent Guidelines Board, supported increases of between 0 and 2 percent on one-year leases, and 0 and 4 percent on two-year leases for rent-stabilized apartments. A vote on the final numbers will take place on June 25."

Tom Morello signs the key second verse of "This Land Is Your Land" at the @handsoffnyc.bsky.social rally outside 26 Federal in NYC.

🎸✊ @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social from @rageagainst.bsky.social covers “This Land Is Your Land” in front of 26 Federal Plaza where immigrants are still being unlawfully and inhumanely detained. #HandsOffNYC Full video: www.instagram.com/reel/DYP4OOz...

WOW: @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social from @rageagainst.bsky.social joins the rally outside of 26 Federal Plaza in support of immigrants and to call out ICE’s abuses. #HandsOffNYC

Our Co-ED Natalia Aristizabal joins rally outside 26 Federal Plaza to call out the inhumane ICE detentions. “The US has benefited from the immigrant contributions, and we will not let them try to say who belongs and who doesn't, because we are all here now, making this city and this state great.”