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Guest Perspective

Trump’s Caribbean policy is a wake-up call for the diaspora in New York City

By Troy Blackwell

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

City Council sues Adams for allowing ICE to operate office on Rikers Island

By Nelson A. King

Attorney General Letitia James is challenging Nassau County’s trans sports ban.

AGs take action against Trump’s ‘Ideological Deportation Policy’

By Nelson A. King

NYIC protests against ICE office on Rikers Island durin a rally on Thursday, April 10, 2025 outside City Hall in lower Manhattan.

Caribbean immigration advocates, pols rally against ICE office at Rikers Island

By Nelson A. King

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to meet with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the 61st Munich Security Conference on February 15, 2025 in Munich, Germany. International defence and security leaders from around the world are gathering for the Feb. 14-16 conference.

Jamaica

Rubio pledges to review tough travel advisories

By Bert Wilkinson

SEIU members demonstrate against Trump's immigration policies.

SEIU members rally against Trump’s immigration policies

By Nelson A. King

Guyana

‘Melly Mel’ freed

By Bert Wilkinson

Caribbean immigrants, advocates rally in Albany for immigration legal services and infrastructure funding.

Caribbean immigration advocates, lawmakers rally for $165M for legal services

By Nelson A. King

Haitian Bridge Alliance Executive Director Guerline Jozef.

Haiti

Caribbean TPS holders challenge Trump’s cancellation of humanitarian relief

By Nelson A. King

Murad Awawdeh, NYIC’s executive director

Immigrant advocates condemn court ruling against voting rights for Caribbean immigrants

By Nelson A. King

Guyana

Social media infuencer faces deportation to Guyana

By Bert Wilkinson

U.S. Representative Yvette D. Clarke.

Haiti

Clarke calls for TPS return for Haiti

By Nelson A. King

Immigration advocates, lawmakers rally for immigration legal services funding.

Immigration advocates, lawmakers rally for $165M for immigration legal services funding

By Nelson A. King

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s “State of the NYPD” address on January 30, 2025 in New York City. The Justice Department is reportedly in talks to drop its corruption case against Mayor Adams. Adams is schedule to stand trial on federal corruption charges on April 21, 2025.

Immigration advocates slam NY city mayor once again!

By Dawn Plummer

Jamaican psychotherapist Vassell G. O’Gilvie.

Jamaica

Jamaican psychotherapist: Trump’s deportation agenda sparks anxiety in Caribbean community

By Nelson A. King

An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City.

Jamaica

Man deported from US insists he is not Jamaican

By Bert Wilkinson

More from Around NYC

Tenants and members of Bronx Defenders, Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA), New Settlement, Bronx Leadership Organizing Center, Met Council on Housing, PSC-CUNY and NYC-DSA rally outside of Hostos Community College ahead of the Bronx Rent Guidelines Board meeting.

‘The Bronx is not for sale’ Rent-stabilized tenants demand rent freeze at Bronx Rent Guidelines Board hearing

Matthew Rodriguez of Levittown, Long Island was tracked down in Virginia, where he had been a fugitive since shooting a 15-year-old boy on an A train in Ozone Park.

Long Islander held without bail for allegedly shooting a 15-year-old boy on a crowded A train in Ozone Park in April before fleeing the state: DA

Mamdani budget director speaks at city council hearing on Office of Mass Engagement

Mamdani’s $53M Mass Engagement office draws Council questions over budget, political guardrails

Alva Gonzalez

Op-Ed | The FARE Act’s negative impact on small property owners