immigration

Nurse Michele Caliva from the Upstate New York Poison Center speaks about accidental cannabis ingestion. Bioethicist Rachel Fabi discusses immigration enforcement in health care settings. Occupational therapists Alexis Antoniou and Paige Courbat explain their role in the hospital.

State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball hopes the recent crackdown on illegal immigration will push Congress to revamp the federal Guest Worker program.

About 100 people gathered outside of Syracuse City Hall in support of immigrants who have been detained by ICE agents in central and northern New York.

Sheriff Toby Shelley said he will not comply with requests from ICE to detain immigrants, because it goes against state guidelines and could lead to lawsuits.

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh says the term "sanctuary city" can hold a lot of weight and is a term he tends to avoid.

Multiple groups who help refugees in Onondaga County are asking the government to help migrants coming from the U.S. southern border.

Immigrant Advocates want the state to expand unemployment benefits to individuals who now don’t qualify for it.

A rarely used U.S. code pertaining to public health was invoked during the pandemic by the Trump White House to expel asylum-seekers. The Biden White House wants to keep it.

Texas officials call it a "historic surge." Thousands of new arrivals, largely from Haiti, are straining an already overstretched system, and more are on the way.

The COVID-19 shot joins a list of well-established vaccines required by the U.S., aimed at preventing dangerous diseases such as polio and varicella (chickenpox).