David Olson, Newsday, June 23, 2024
“Julio Zambrano arrived in Manhattan earlier than daybreak on Jan. 4 along with his two younger sons after a months-long trek from Ecuador, three of greater than 200,000 migrants who’ve come to New York Metropolis previously two years. By early this month, Zambrano’s future was nonetheless as a lot in limbo as when he arrived. He was awaiting an immigration court docket listening to to point out why he “shouldn’t be faraway from america.” … Each migrant story is exclusive. However a tangle of federal immigration guidelines and legal guidelines, modifications in New York Metropolis rules and a vow by former President Donald Trump to make use of the Nationwide Guard to deport tens of millions of immigrants if he returns to the White Home imply there’s one factor most up-to-date migrants share: uncertainty. President Joe Biden on June 4 toughened asylum restrictions, however “Julio got here in earlier than these current modifications, so it doesn’t have an effect on him,” stated Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of immigration regulation observe at Cornell Legislation Faculty in Ithaca and co-author of the 22-volume “Immigration Law and Procedure.” Many current migrants, together with Zambrano, stated they requested asylum on the border, although uncertainty for him stays. … Attorneys are crucial in asylum and different immigration hearings, Yale-Loehr stated. “If he has an legal professional, his possibilities of profitable are going to be a lot increased than if he tries to do it on his personal,” he stated. … Which decide Zambrano finally ends up getting could make an enormous distinction, Yale-Loehr stated. “Some judges in New York are fairly lenient on asylum circumstances, and others are very robust,” he stated. “As one individual referred to as it, it’s refugee roulette.”…”
