New York launches Immigrant Legal Aid Network: $5 million invested in it
'10.08.2023'
Lyudmila Balabay
The City of New York launched the Legal Assistance Network for Immigrants and Asylum Seekers (Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network - ASLAN). $5 million has been invested in a project to provide immigration legal assistance to asylum seekers in the United States. This is in addition to the more than $65 million the city is investing in legal services to support immigrants.
"New York continues to be a national leader in responding to this global humanitarian crisis and supporting migrants," said Manuel Castro, the city's commissioner for immigrant affairs. “Today I am proud to announce the establishment of a network of partners throughout the city that will support new New Yorkers. While we wait for a national strategy, our administration continues to be a city of immigrants and help them.”
Services to immigrants will be provided in public places throughout the city, as well as remotely. Here are the organizations that have entered the network:
- African Services Committee
- CUNY Law
- CUNY Citizenship Now!
- Catholic Charities Community Services
- Lutheran Social Services of New York
- New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) and their subcontracted partners, collectively referred to as PSPP+
- African Communities Together (ACT)
- Catholic Migration Services (CMS)
- Central American Legal Assistance (CALA)
- Mass
- Unlocal
Services include orientation sessions, legal advice, assistance with asylum and other immigration applications, and more.
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The Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) will provide central coordination for the network and meet regularly with service providers to share information and experiences.
Services at these centers will be available to migrants and asylum applicants who have arrived in the United States after January 1, 2022. Priority in the provision of services will be given to persons who are approaching critical dates in terms of immigration, for example, the one-year deadline for filing an asylum application expires. Detailed information on accessing services can be found https://www.izakayasushilounge.com.
The administration of Mayor Eric Adams is also urging the federal government to immediately use all the tools at its disposal to protect and support newly arrived migrants, as well as host municipalities, by expanding and accelerating access to humanitarian parole, temporary protected status (TPS), and work permits. .
