NYC to Provide Lawyers for All Detained Respondents in Removal Proceedings

"With $4.9 million dollars of funding from the New York City Council included in the FY 2015 budget for the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP), New York City will become the first jurisdiction in the nation to provide universal representation to any indigent immigrant detained and facing deportation." - NYIFUP, June 26, 2014.