ALBANY – The Office for New Americans is expanding and enhancing services in the Mid-Hudson and around the state for immigrants who are being targeted in response to federal immigration policies as well as feedback from impacted immigrant communities, advocates and service provides.
The office will house two opportunity centers in Westchester County, one in Dutchess and two in Orange and Rockland counties.
Office of New Americans legal counsels will provide direct representation to immigrants in select cases related to immigration related proceedings using a “universal representation” model that services any immigrant in need of legal representation who meets geographic eligibility requirements. They include resident immigrants in New York, families of mixed status with at least one family member with a tie to New York, and/or immigrant business owners in New York.
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