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Immigrant Rights Advocates Demand End to ICE Raids in New York State Courts

In Wake of Gov. Cuomo’s Executive Order, Courthouses Remain Unprotected and Immigrants Vulnerable to ICE Arrests NEW YORK – April 26, 2018 – A coalition of New York-based immigrant rights advocates are calling for an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) continued courthouse raids that trample the Constitutional rights of immigrant New Yorkers. The demand comes a day after

ADL Statement on Thomas Lopez-Pierre

New York, NY, April 26, 2018… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned Thomas Lopez-Pierre’s continued vile anti-Semitic and conspiratorial rhetoric. Thomas Lopez-Pierre has once again issued anti-Semitic statements referencing “greedy Jewish landlords” and has accused Jewish landlords of being “guilty of pushing out Black and Hispanic low income tenants in NYC.”  He delivers these and other hateful messages through his

CBS New York: ‘Barnard College Split Over Vote To Divest From Companies That Do Business With Israel’

Students at Barnard College have voted 2 to 1, calling for the administration to divest in companies that do business with Israel. The Anti-Defamation League says it’s concerned about BDS and is now educating high school students and parents about it before they arrive on campus. New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein spoke with WCBS-TV in New York about the vote and the BDS movement.

ADL Welcomes Response to Racist, Anti-Semitic Fraternity Footage; Offers Support and Resources

New York, NY, April 23, 2018… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed Syracuse University’s swift response to racist and anti-Semitic videos created and posted online by members of the Theta Tau Fraternity.  ADL also condemned the incendiary footage and pledged support for the University’s efforts to comprehensively address issues of diversity and inclusion on campus. The footage, discovered last week,