Beth Fertig
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New York, NY, United States
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HIV Positive Woman Wins Asylum, Can Now Bring Over Deported Daughter
A Honduran woman and daughter who were seeking asylum for HIV persecution may now be reunited, after their separation at the border last year. → Read More
Three Young Girls Were Separated at the Border from a Father with HIV
This family is among hundreds the ACLU claims were wrongfully separated at the border, in the year since a judge blocked the Trump Administration from taking kids away from parents. → Read More
Undocumented Restaurant Worker Is Arrested by ICE During Deposition Against His Employer
A Chinese restaurant worker claims Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated its own policy by detaining him as he pursued a federal lawsuit against a former employer. → Read More
Queens DA Candidates Champion Progressive Policies – Some More Than Others
After almost three decades of leadership by former Queens DA Richard Brown, the seven challengers running to replace him are competing to showcase their progressive credentials. → Read More
New York's Highest Court Rules Immigrants Deserve Jury Trials, Even for Misdemeanors
The Legal Aid Society calls it a "landmark case" that will provide clients a meaningful opportunity to fight against criminal charges that could lead to deportation. → Read More
New York Court Finds Local Police Can't Make Immigration Arrests
A New York appellate court has ruled it's against the law for local police to make civil immigration arrests. → Read More
What It's Like to Represent a Six-Year-Old in Immigration Court
About 25 children appeared in Judge Zagzoug's courtroom Thursday, including Leo, who's mom was deported back to Guatemala after they were separated at the southwest border. → Read More
Despite Social Media Complaints, MTA Says Fewer Hot Subway Cars Now than Last Year
Think you've found the hottest subway car in New York? You're not alone. Complaints are rising via social media but the MTA says there are actually fewer cars without air conditioning. → Read More
Migrant Mom Poised to Reunite with Children Shares Detention Story
Yeni Gonzalez-Garcia will see her children for the first time since they were separated from her at the U.S. border and sent to foster care in New York. She tells WNYC her story. → Read More
Push to Reunite Children Taken From Mother Begins for One Immigration Attorney
A lawyer finally connects with his detained client about her children in a New York foster agency, while hundreds of other children sent to the city remain in limbo. → Read More
Civil Liberties Groups Sue Trump Administration for Detaining Green Card Applicants
Calling it a "bait and switch" tactic, civil liberties unions in New York and New Jersey are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement for detaining undocumented green card applicants. → Read More
'They're Not Even Part of a System,' Attorney For Three Migrant Kids in NYC Says
The children were separated from their mother at the U.S. border a month ago and have been in New York ever since. → Read More
As NYPD Loosens Marijuana Enforcement, Will Old Convictions Be Sealed?
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is planning to seal the records of people with prior convictions for marijuana now that the NYPD will stop making as many arrests. → Read More
For One Asylum Seeker, Attorney General's Decision on Domestic Violence Clipped her 'Wings'
After Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled most immigrants fleeing domestic violence shouldn't qualify for asylum, one immigrant and her attorney are now rethinking their case. → Read More
Cheers and Skepticism Greet NYPD's New Marijuana Enforcement Policy
Later this summer the NYPD is going to rely more heavily on issuing tickets instead of arrests for smoking marijuana. But it's still a long way from legalization. → Read More
Will Jeff Sessions Make New York's Immigration Courts Tougher for Asylum Seekers?
The immigration court in New York City grants asylum more often than any other. But Attorney General Sessions is considering whether to limit which immigrants qualify. → Read More
Trump Administration Sought Negative Information on Haitians
Immigration lawyers accuse the Trump Administration of "fishing" for negative information on Haitians, while considering whether to extend their Temporary Protected Status. → Read More
District Attorneys Take Steps to Relax Marijuana Enforcement
The Manhattan and Brooklyn district attorneys make adjustments because blacks and Hispanics are disproportionately arrested for low-level drug crimes. → Read More
Immigration Agents Make 225 Arrests During Six-Day Crackdown in New York Area
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 225 people were arrested over six days in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley during its "Operation Keep Safe in New York." → Read More
Nibbling Around the Edges of Bail in New York City
The city, its judges and prosecutors have said they're trying to help poor people who can't afford bail, but their efforts can go only so far without change in state law. → Read More