Liv covers immigration for New York Focus. She previously reported for Hell Gate, where she wrote about ICE arrests in immigration court, city culture, and the 2025 mayoral election. Before becoming a journalist, she practiced and taught oral history in New York City. Her work has also appeared in n+1 and Mouse Magazine.
Oswego County sheriff’s deputies held drivers for up to 45 minutes as they waited for immigration agents, potentially breaking the law.
Hochul’s counter would limit informal collusion with ICE only in civil matters.
Cheikh Fall has spent nearly two decades helping New York immigrants from his home region seek asylum in the United States.
Twenty-two percent of people arrested by ICE in New York state during Trump’s second term have left the country voluntarily — up from less than 1 percent under Biden.
Over the last three months, ICE attorneys in New York state have petitioned to send half of the African asylum seekers who had immigration hearings to Uganda.
The governor and legislature are negotiating over immigration legislation outside of the budget process.
It’s almost impossible to win an asylum case without an attorney. Finding one is a tall order.
The bill would dissolve contracts that allow federal immigration authorities to use county jails, but would leave more informal collaboration with local law enforcement untouched.
Immigrant rights advocates and some lawmakers welcomed her proposals, but said that the measures don’t go far enough.
The Trump administration’s lack of clarity about when and how to pay new fees sparked chaos and misinformation among immigrants with pending asylum applications.