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Reuters <div>South Florida deportations flout policy, focus on minor offenders: report

Reuters

AI Justice Team April 15, 2013 Comments Off

MIAMI | Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:15pm EDT By David Adams (Reuters) – Federal immigration officials in south Florida are failing to abide by an Obama administration directive to focus deportation efforts on dangerous

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CBS Miami <div>Protesters Target Immigrant Deportation Program

CBS Miami

AI Justice Team April 15, 2013 Comments Off

April 15, 2013 5:24 PM Reporting: Gary Nelson MIAMI (CBS4) – Star power and hard facts were wielded in South Florida Monday to slam a controversial immigrant deportation program. Operation “Secure Communities” is supposed to

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The Washington Post – Opinions <div> Edwidge Danticat: Detained immigrants deserve humane treatment

The Washington Post – Opinions

AI Justice Team March 15, 2013 Comments Off

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency released “several hundred” immigrants from detention facilities across the United States late last month in an effort to stay within its budget amid “fiscal uncertainty” related to

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Lawsuits allege abuse by border patrol agents

Lawsuits allege abuse by border patrol agents

AI Justice Team March 13, 2013 Comments Off

Lawyer for immigrants says his clients suffered in a bed-less, toilet-less cell agents called the “icebox,” with their fingers and lips turning blue and their skin cracking from the cold. U.S. Border Patrol vehicles

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Mayor Julián Castro talks immigration in Miami

Mayor Julián Castro talks immigration in Miami

admin March 8, 2013 Comments Off

MIAMI — Though fast becoming a national spokesman for immigration reform, when Julián Castro addressed activists, their benefactors and so-called DREAMers here Thursday night, he made a plea to fix a broken system as the mayor

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The Miami Herald <div>Miami group lauds immigration reform efforts

The Miami Herald

AI Justice Team February 25, 2013 Comments Off

MIAMI | Sun Feb 24, 2013 By Alphonso Chardy Each year, the Miami-based Americans for Immigrant Justice generally honors immigrants who succeed in winning asylum or a green card against all odds. Things will

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Por buen camino reforma inmigratoria en Estados Unidos

Por buen camino reforma inmigratoria en Estados Unidos

AI Justice Team January 30, 2013 Comments Off

A pesar de persistir las dudas, muchos abogados e inmigrantes indocumentados acogieron positivamente el borrador bipartidista para una amplia reforma inmigratoria. Haz click aqui para ver el video

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Immigrants come out of the shadows to fulfill a dream

Immigrants come out of the shadows to fulfill a dream

admin October 24, 2012 Comments Off

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usaimmigration-deferment-idUSBRE89N07K20121024 Undocumented UCLA students Alejandra Gutierrez (L) and Miriam Gonzales attend a workshop for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in Los Angeles, California, August 15, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Alcorn By Saundra Amrhein

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Immigrants come out of the shadows to fulfill a dream

Immigrants come out of the shadows to fulfill a dream

admin October 24, 2012 Comments Off

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usaimmigration-deferment-idUSBRE89N07K20121024 By Saundra Amrhein TAMPA, Florida | Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:25am EDT TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) – Carlos Roa celebrated this summer when the Obama administration announced a new program to defer deportation for

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Unaccompanied migrant youth in U.S. detention centers rises 50%

Unaccompanied migrant youth in U.S. detention centers rises 50%

admin October 23, 2012 Comments Off

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-immigration-children-20121016,0,6904349.story  By Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times  October 16, 2012, 4:47 p.m. Gang violence in Central America has led to a startling increase in the number of children who make the dangerous journey across

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