نیویارک (پاکستان نیوز)نیویارک کی گورنر کیتھی ہوشل نے تارکین کو قانونی مدد فراہم کرنے کے لیے تین نئی قانونی سروسز کا آغاز کر دیا ہے، گورنر کی جانب سے شروع کردہ قانونی سروسز سے نیویارک کا رخ کرنے والے تارکین کو اپنی قانونی حیثیت بحال کرانے کے لیے درکار قانونی کارروائی کی سروسز مفت فراہم کی جائیں گی جبکہ نیویارک کی حکومت اس سلسلے میں 3 ملین ڈالر کا بجٹ مختص کرے گی ، جوکہ قانونی مدد فراہم کرنے والی آرگنائزیشن کو دیا جائے گا، گورنر کیتھی ہوشل نے بتایا کہ نیویارک میں آنے والے تارکین کو مفت قانونی سروسز فراہم کرنا ان کی اولین ترجیح ہے، نیویارک آنے والے تارکین کو مفت قانونی سروسز فراہم کرنے کے لیے تین سال کے لیے 30 لاکھ ڈالر کی قانونی فنڈنگ مختلف تنظیموں کو فراہم کی گئی ہیں جن میں کیتھولیک چیرٹیز کمیونٹی سروسز، آرکیو کیس آف نیویارک، نیویارک لیگل اسسٹنس گروپ، امیگرنٹ ایڈووکیٹس رسپانس کولابریشن کی تنظیمیں شامل ہیں۔
ONA will immediately dedicate $3,000,000 in new grant funding over a three-year period for the provision of such free immigrant legal services through Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS), Archdiocese of New York, New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) and Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative (I-ARC). These providers already operate within ONA’s network of nonprofits and have been providing their expertise to immigrants that arrived in New York City.
With these new grants, ONA will be able to expand upon its existing contracts and build its capacity to support ongoing services, including ensuring that the legal needs of new arrivals are urgently addressed and supported throughout the immigration process. These resources will help more immigrants complete asylum applications and other immigration-related legal matters quickly and efficiently, including providing representation to recent arrivals. Through CCCS and NYLAG, newly arrived immigrants can access free legal services including but not limited to: change of address; change of venue; asylum applications; assistance with their employment authorization document (EAD); and deportation defense.
Additionally, this new initiative will boost the coordination and training efforts of I-ARC while also helping CCCS recruit support volunteer pro bono attorneys to provide additional capacity and legal assistance to new arrivals in addition to non-legal services.
As it currently stands, once an asylum application is filed with the federal government, the applicant is not eligible for employment authorization until their asylum application has been pending for 180 days. An asylum applicant may apply for their employment authorization document 150 days after filing their asylum application in an effort to allow for the possibility of receiving employment authorization approval at the 180-day mark. Once they receive their EAD approval, they will be allowed to seek employment to support themselves and their families.
