New York Braces for Impact as H-1B Visa Fees Skyrocket documentedny.com/2025/09/22/n...

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Dozens of New Yorkers protested together outside 26 Federal Plaza this week. Their message to ICE was clear: Get out of New York.

How to Check if Your NYC Apartment Is Rent Stabilized documentedny.com/2025/09/19/r...

PHOTOS: Scenes From a New York Protest documentedny.com/2025/09/19/p...

‘ICE Out of NY’: Dozens arrested at Federal Plaza as fight over ICE escalates documentedny.com/2025/09/18/i...

Before being arrested, NYC Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social spoke about why he came to protest today at 26 Federal Plaza: "We are subjecting [immigrants] to violence and terror and then holding them behind the doors of this duct taped, wire-tied building."

HAPPENING NOW: 11 lawmakers have been arrested by DHS on the tenth floor of 26 Federal Plaza after trying to gain access for over an hour.

Happening now: Dozens of New Yorkers, including faith leaders, doctors, and elected officials are at 26 Federal Plaza protesting ICE.

@cestrommel and @ralphthjo dive into @NYPD's latest e-bike confiscation of 53 bikes. For one delivery worker, not having his bike amounted to more than $2K in lost wages. documentedny.com/2025/09/17/e...

Zohran Mamdani faces Islamophobic attacks from Hindu nationalist groups determined to paint him as anti-Hindu ahead of November's general election (via our partner @documentedny.bsky.social). documentedny.com/2025/09/15/z...

🇲🇽 In the midst of all the Mexican Independence Day parade cancellations, the community in Staten Island came OUT. "We are not going back to the shadows," members told the organizers. cc @HolaLaYesenia / @LaColmenaNYC Read more from @cestrommel here: documentedny.com/2025/09/15/s...

NYPD seized 53 e-bikes in East Village sweeps after 311 complaints, costing delivery workers thousands in lost wages. Advocates say the sweeps show the Adams admin criminalizing delivery workers, mostly immigrants, while failing to build needed infrastructure. documentedny.com/2025/09/17/e...

Immigration News Today: ICE Detentions in New York County Jails Have Exploded documentedny.com/2025/09/17/i...

NYPD’s Confiscation of E-Bikes Leave Immigrant Delivery Workers Without Wheels or Wages documentedny.com/2025/09/17/e...

Mayoral front-runner Assemblymember @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social joined striking workers in a show of solidarity at their Bronx picket line on Monday. The only mayoral candidate visiting that morning, Mamdani vowed to continue to fight alongside the workers.

“We are going to keep showing up each year — and the reason for that is because the moment we are canceling the parade, it will show fear,” said an organizer of the festivities. “Our members said that ‘We are not going back to the shadows.’”

Thousands of Mexican immigrants and allies gathered in Staten Island to celebrate Mexican Independence Day, despite fears of ICE presence, to show their pride in their culture and to support one another. documentedny.com/2025/09/15/s...

Assemblymember @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, a mayoral front-runner, showed solidarity with striking pharmaceutical workers from Perrigo Pharmaceutical in the Bronx Monday morning, advocating for fair wages and overtime pay. documentedny.com/2025/09/15/m...

Exclusive 🚨 Mayoral front-runner @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social showed solidarity with striking workers in the Bronx on Monday, demanding fair wages and overtime pay. “After today, he really inspired me to vote for him,” a worker told @documentedny.bsky.social documentedny.com/2025/09/15/m...

Join our Editor-in-Chief Ethar El-Katatney today, September 15, for a timely panel on "This Moment in Immigration: What’s at Stake and What Can Be Done" at the Center for Brooklyn History. www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/jus...

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Immigration News Today: ICE Can Keep Detaining People at Immigration Court — For Now documentedny.com/2025/09/15/i...

Nicolás Ríos: How our bridge role works: Immigrant communities to decision makers. @documentedny.bsky.social rjionline.org/news/the-bri...

Zohran Mamdani faces Islamophobic attacks from Hindu nationalist groups determined to paint him as anti-Hindu ahead of November's general election. documentedny.com/2025/09/15/z...

Ghosts of Chinatown 

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Michael Lau, Jimmy Tsui, Peter Chin, Richie Ng, and Mike Moy want to tell people what it was like in Chinatown from the 60s to 90s. Their work is preserving the history of Chinatown from their experiences being in gangs and police enforcement. documentedny.com/2025/09/12/g...

A new program from AJP-supported @documentedny.bsky.social will help newsrooms create editorial products with and for immigrant communities. Each of the six newsrooms selected for 2026 will receive a $10K stipend to launch their product.

Immigration News Today: How Trump’s Deportation Program Shuttles Immigrants into Lawless Limbo documentedny.com/2025/09/12/d...

Immigrant domestic workers in New York are facing increasing fear of deportation as immigration enforcement intensifies under the new Trump administration.

“ICE’s actions have created real fear and intimidation that makes it harder for people to organize. And all of this only adds to the hostile and retaliatory environment already pushed by Lynn-Ette’s owners as part of their ongoing union-busting campaign.” documentedny.com/2025/09/08/f...

Thousands of undocumented immigrant workers helped rebuild New York City in the wake of 9/11. 24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues. A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

Cops and gang leaders reckon with Chinatown’s violent past in new memoirs. documentedny.com/2025/09/12/g...

How to Report and Prevent Notario Fraud in Immigration Cases

The 9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act, reintroduced today by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, @aoc.bsky.social, would provide undocumented 9/11 workers with a pathway to citizenship. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

Scoop 🚨 They Helped Rebuild After #September11, Now They Live in Fear of Deportation Undocumented clean-up workers at ground zero could gain citizenship with a bill from @aoc.bsky.social being reintroduced today My latest for @documentedny.bsky.social documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

Nearly 25 years after clearing rubble at ground zero, undocumented workers could gain a pathway to citizenship with a bill from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being reintroduced today. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

This week's SCOTUS decision allows ICE to conduct immigration patrols based on appearance, increasing uncertainty and fear for Latino immigrants.

Supreme Court Ruling Deepens Fears of Racial Profiling Among Immigrants

When Mary Lestrade arrived in New York from Saint Lucia in 1990, she thought her life would change for the better. She was 37 years old and determined to work hard. Instead, her first job as a nanny in Long Island left her in tears. documentedny.com/2025/09/10/d...

On the heels of the Supreme Court decision earlier this week. Immigrant domestic workers in NYC share the fear they and their community is experiencing under the current climate of criminalization of immigrants. Read more 👇 🧵 1/3 #ICEOut @documentedny.bsky.social documentedny.com/2025/09/10/d...

In the coming days, our members will feel the full brunt of SCOTUS’ legalization of racial profiling. Our members have already seen the fear caused by masked agents roving the streets & snatching neighbors. Just because SCOTUS says it’s legal doesn’t make it right. documentedny.com/2025/09/10/s...

Immigration News Today: These Immigrants Became Immigration Court Judges. Trump Just Laid Them Off documentedny.com/2025/09/10/i...

Domestic Workers in New York Face Low Pay, Exploitation — and Fear of Deportation documentedny.com/2025/09/10/d...

If you're attending the Online News Association conference this week, please come to our panel, moderated by our cofounder Sara Lomax and featuring panelists from our partners @documentedny.bsky.social, @eltecolotesf.bsky.social, @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social & @trentonjournal.bsky.social.

Got questions about our 2026 Building Bridges: An Immigrant Media Training Program? Join our Q&A on Sept 9th, 1 p.m. ET via Zoom. We’ll cover eligibility, benefits & how to apply. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi... Learn more about the program: documentedny.com/education/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained seven workers at Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms in Upstate New York, claiming they acted on a tip, not a random raid.

Got questions about our 2026 Building Bridges: An Immigrant Media Training Program? Join our Q&A on Sept 9th, 1 p.m. ET via Zoom. We’ll cover eligibility, benefits & how to apply. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi... Learn more about the program: documentedny.com/education/