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A disturbing trend has emerged in New York courtrooms. Agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have begun using these courts of law as convenient venues for arresting immigrants who are there to face other charges, pay parking tickets and even to have their charges dismissed. New York City has long established itself as...Read More

Information willingly provided by undocumented immigrants in New York City may soon be used against them by immigration authorities in the area. This could result in deportations of individuals and families who participated in the IDNYC program instituted in 2015. This initiative was intended to provide added security for those without proper identification and to...Read More

Trump Takes Aim at Two Key Immigration Initiatives President Donald Trump announced on December 12, 2017, that he intends to press Congress to end the practice of offering preferred immigration status to family members of those already in the U.S. legally. Trump referred to this policy as chain migration and argued that it presents real...Read More

This week on Tuesday, Halloween afternoon, the first ISIS inspired terrorist attack in the country since President Trump took office took place in New York City, on Manhattan’s lower west side, in the shadow of the World Trade Center Memorial.  The culprit, an Uzbek immigrant, rented a truck and drove it along a bike path...Read More

New York City is one of the most attractive cities in the world to live in. This attraction draws people worldwide to a life in the Big Apple. The availability of high paying jobs is a big draw for the national community. However, given recent developments by the Trump Administration immigration is harder than ever....Read More

My wife who is from Canada is going through the immigration process, and having Steven and Freida as our lawyers made it the most smooth and pleasant process. although busy they were always available for us, with no question being too big or too small. Steven and Freida are the most pleasant, kind, experienced, professional...Read More

Frieda Goldstein and her elite team are the best immigration law office anywhere. We had previously worked with 2 other immigration attorneys, neither of which had the experience nor the knowledge to help us. Frieda and her very experienced team were able to correct a very complicated immigration matter for my partner and enable her...Read More

Has Someone Been Detained? You may know someone who has recently disappeared.  If you believe U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement was responsible, then there are resources to find out what happened and where the government is holding your friend or family member. The ICE detainee locator is the first tool you can use to see if ICE has...Read More

President Trump’s second attempt to prevent people from Muslim countries from traveling to the U.S. suffers another defeat. The executive order which is a “watered down” version of the first travel ban that was announced shortly after President Trump was sworn is dead in the water. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower...Read More

Sanctuary cities are cities, counties, or states with active policies that limit cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Sanctuary states include New Mexico, Connecticut, Colorado, and California. New York sanctuary cities include Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, and Syracuse. Certain states have outlawed sanctuary cities. Georgia did so in 2009. In 2016, Georgia...Read More