Beth Fertig

As opposition mounts against Amazon's move to Queens, the conversation isn't just about gentrification and local jobs, but also about the company's role in immigration enforcement.

The NYPD says it's treating white supremacists and hate groups as "domestic terrorists."

After immigrants get arrested in New York City, a lawsuit claims they spend months in detention, apart from their families, waiting to see a judge for the first time.

An appellate court in Brooklyn ruled that local police officers in New York state can't detain immigrants solely to turn them over to ICE without a judicial warrant.

A New York appellate court has ruled it's against the law for local police to make civil immigration arrests and to detain immigrants beyond their release date.

New York City landlords always had attorneys in housing court, but tenants almost never had representation. Until now.

The Bronx Defenders' model of holistic representation, which provides defendants with additional support services, reduced sentence lengths by 24 percent according to a new study.

Immigrant kids who enter the U.S. alone are being detained in shelters for too long, according to a lawsuit, because of onerous new background checks required of their relatives.

A federal appeals court has granted a stay of deportation to Ragbir, but only until it makes a decision on whether a lower court should hear his First Amendment case.

The Trump Administration's plan to make it harder for low-income immigrants to get green cards has caused tremendous confusion throughout New York City, and could cost the city money.

Felons on parole in New York State now have the right to vote, but New York City's voter guide failed to mention that, risking confusion on election day for thousands of parolees.

Immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir accuses Immigration and Customs Enforcement of trying to deport him for speaking out, but the government claims he doesn't have a case.

The kids who remain in New York are still waiting to be placed with relatives in the U.S., or sent back to their home countries. Attorneys say it's a frustrating reunification process.

New York City has analyzed how the Trump Administration's proposed new rules for green cards will impact low-income immigrants. 

Like thousands of Central American kids who crossed the U.S. border, 18-year-old Melvin wants asylum. But he arrived just as the Trump Administration made that process harder.

The City's Department of Consumer Affairs was seeking $1.3 million from Carlos Davila for selling phony ID cards to immigrants, but he was ultimately fined much less.

Unaccompanied minors who came to the U.S. without parents are staying longer in federal shelters before joining sponsors, and immigration advocates blame the Trump administration.

A lawsuit claims New York's Family Court routinely allows child support cases to drag out, putting families in financial peril. 

Detained immigrants no longer go to court in person in New York City. Instead, they remain jailed in a detention center and participate by video monitor.

Washington Heights is seeking to attract more tourism and neighborhood pride by promoting its Dominican roots, at a time when the Dominican population is falling.