The amount of pregnant and lactating mothers being taken into ICE Detention has skyrocketed over the last year, according to Juana Cortes de Torres, Director of the Legal Immigrant Rights Project…
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Hispanic Heritage Month: New York Focus Reporter Isabelle Taft on Latino Voices and Accountability
For Hispanic Heritage Month, Radio Catskill speaks with Isabelle Taft, immigration reporter for New York Focus, about her work covering the intersection of immigration, state policy, and the human stories shaping communities…
Feds’ NY Raid Nets 57 Immigration Arrests: ‘Expect to See’ More, Official Says
A top federal prosecutor had a message for upstate New York businesses days after immigration agents detained dozens of people at a food-processing plant: there’s more to come. “You can expect to…
ICE Arrests in New York Surpass 2024 Totals After Recent Surge
New York has seen a surge in ICE arrests during the past two months, with totals four times the number seen during the same June-July period last year. Of those arrested, 70%…
How a Shoplifting Arrest in Upstate NY Summoned ICE and Separated a Family
The call was dispatched as a routine case of shoplifting in Rotterdam, a blue-collar suburb of Schenectady. Security cameras at a Hannaford grocery store caught a Hispanic couple stashing merchandise in the…
Fear at Home, Disruption at School: ICE Raids Shake Rural Families, Prompt Action
As federal immigration enforcement actions escalate across the country, rural communities in the Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania are feeling the ripple effects—prompting fear among immigrant families, disruption to daily life, and…
Three Detained as ICE Raids Elegante’s Pizza in Honesdale
A federal immigration raid unfolded at a Honesdale restaurant on Thursday, drawing community attention and concern. In an interview with The River Reporter’s Liam Mayo, who was on the scene, details emerged…
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Deportation of Venezuelans Held in Orange County Jail
A federal judge in New York has temporarily halted the deportation of two Venezuelan migrants being held at the Orange County Jail in Goshen, bringing national immigration policy into sharp focus in…
New York’s Fight Over Whether to Aid ICE Heats Up in Albany
As federal immigration officials boast of increased arrests across New York and the nation, a debate over whether and how local authorities should cooperate is intensifying at the New York State Capitol….