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Over the weekend, asylum seekers in New York were flooded with messages — some from their lawyers — telling them to pay a $100 fee to the Trump administration by Tuesday or risk deportation. via @nysfocus.bsky.social
Asylum-Seekers in Panic Over Trump’s Unclear $100 Fee
The immigration court system's clarity about when and how to pay new fees sparked chaos and misinformation among immigrants with pending asylum applications.
www.thecity.nyc
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For @nysfocus.bsky.social :
immigrants are sorting through a flood of misinformation about a $100 fee for new and pending asylum applications. Many lawyers aren't even sure what to advise.
September 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Issue 51
Content filed under the Issue 51 taxonomy.
www.nplusonemag.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Hell Gate has been reporting from New York City's immigration courts, observing the workplace banter and water cooler talk from federal agents as they spend their days arresting New Yorkers post-hearings. Click the link to learn what life is really like inside 26 Federal Plaza and 290 Broadway.
What ICE Agents Talk About When They Think Nobody Is Listening
Cat videos, “The Good Place,” and free Slurpies: there are the topics of conversation among federal agents between arrests in immigration court.
hellgatenyc.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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This is such a strong piece by Liv Veazey for @hellgatenyc.com offering the banality of ICE agents as they huddle and lounge around Lower Manhattan, engaging in the most barbaric of activities, kidnapping and holding people in a gulag and then talking about slurpees.
hellgatenyc.com/what-ice-age...
July 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Filled me with joy to write this piece for Hell Gate. Please read!
Habib Fatako and Maxim BK, two of Guinea's most beloved musicians, performed this weekend to a sold-out venue in Queens.

"If he sees me out partying, he'll tell my mom back in Conakry that I'm a bandit!" said one concertgoer of another, his uncle.
Thousands of Guinean Migrants Came to New York City. This Weekend, Two of Guinea's Biggest Pop Stars Came to Them
"If he sees me out partying, he'll tell my mom back in Conakry that I'm a bandit!" said one concertgoer of another, his uncle.
hellgatenyc.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I wrote about accompanying a friend to immigration court, now readable online at @nplusonemag.com
ICE agents “displayed an exceeding level of stillness and homogeneity in a room with a flow of people from all over the world, who are always in motion, and who mostly looked different from one another.” New: @liv-veazey.bsky.social writes from immigration court.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
At Immigration Court | Liv Veazey
M texted me from the adjacent bedroom at 7:30 AM: Are you awake? In the kitchen, he combed out his beard and ate a banana, which his people's warriors ate to feel full, he said. I pointed to a stray h...
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June 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
@maxrn.bsky.social and I wrote about federal agents masking in immigration courts.
NEW:

Hell Gate spent the past few weeks in federal buildings in Lower Manhattan as masked men have abducted New Yorkers.

Who are they? Can they legally do this?

Our look at how immigration court became a hunting ground for men in Marvel t-shirts and neck gaiters.
hellgatenyc.com/ice-gone-rog...
June 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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For the Drawing All-Stars, art is an endurance sport.
Their work, and that of other NYC grade school students, is on display through June 22 at The Drawing Center. Read our review here:
The Kids Are Drawing Through It
"Drawing Out," on display until June 22 at The Drawing Center, is an exhibition featuring art by New York City grade schoolers of all ages.
hellgatenyc.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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New TALK MAYOR TO ME—

We go to the Mets and Liberty games this week to find out who regular (sports-loving) New Yorkers are voting for.
Talk Mayor to Me: Barclays Center and Citi Field
Liberty fans and Mets fans sound off on their picks for mayor.
hellgatenyc.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM