Tag: Asylum

Brooklyn resident Fitz Smith displays a picture from his wedding to his asylum-seeking husband Mamadou, June 24, 2025. Mamadou's face is blurred for his safety.

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He Fled Death Threats for Being Gay, Applied for Asylum and Married a U.S. Citizen. ICE Arrested Him Anyway

by Gwynne Hogan This article was originally published on June 27 3:35 p.m. ED by THE CITY When Fit...

By THE CITY 06/30/2025 0

A family leaves the Row NYC migrant shelter in Times Square

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City Delays Christmas Week Family Shelter Evictions After Outcry

Gwynne Hogan, The City This article was originally published on December 6 2:43 p.m. EST by ...

By THE CITY 12/11/2023 0

people sitting on the sidewalk outside a migrant center

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Migrants Face Bureaucracy That Thwarts Effort to Find Financial Independence, Leave City Shelters

By Ethan Stark-Miller, amNY Fleeing from drug cartels in his native Colombia, Jonathan Ochoa is j...

By amNY 11/07/2023 0

brooklyn waterfront

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Gay Jamaican Immigrant in Brooklyn Navigates a Quest for Asylum

By Matt Tracy, Gay City News A gay man who experienced rampant homophobia in his home country of ...

By Gay City News 10/31/2023 0

council member shahana hanif at little bangladesh sign ceremony

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Brooklyn Community Groups Aid Asylum Seekers With Hot Meals, Translation Services

Brooklynites from around the borough are rushing to the aid of asylum seekers arriving in New York C...

By Isabel Song Beer 02/01/2023 0