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A Praiseworthy Effort by Bipartisan Senators Offers Promising Start for Immigration Reform

A Praiseworthy Effort by Bipartisan Senators Offers Promising Start for Immigration Reform

AI Justice Team April 17, 2013 Comments Off

April 17th, 2013 |10:30AM ET Click here for the document: A Praiseworthy Effort by Bipartisan Senators

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AIJ WRC Joint Statement <div>“Building an Immigration System Worthy of American Values”

AIJ WRC Joint Statement

AI Justice Team March 20, 2013 Comments Off

March 20th, 2013 |9:30AM ET AIJ WRC Joint Statement “Building an Immigration System Worthy of American Values”

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AI Justice Takes Action Against Border Patrol for Abusing Immigrant Women

AI Justice Takes Action Against Border Patrol for Abusing Immigrant Women

AI Justice Team March 14, 2013 Comments Off

(MARCH 13, 2013, MIAMI, FL)   Americans for Immigrants Justice announced that it has filed Federal Tort Claims actions on behalf of four immigrants who were subjected to inhumane and unlawful treatment by U.S. Customs and

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AI Justice 17th Annual Dinner: Dare to Dream

AI Justice 17th Annual Dinner: Dare to Dream

admin March 9, 2013 Comments Off

Miami – On March 7, 2013, Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) about 500 hundred guests gathered for its 17th Annual Dinner: Dare to Dream.  Keynote speaker San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro moved the

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ICE Detainees Being Released as Sequestration Looms

ICE Detainees Being Released as Sequestration Looms

admin February 26, 2013 Comments Off

For Immediate Release Contact: Cheryl Little, Executive Director, 305-573-1106, ext. 1001 clittle@aijustice.org Jessica Shulruff, Staff Attorney, 305-573-1106, ext. 1410 jshulruff@aijustice.org (February 26, 2013, MIAMI, FL) – Over the weekend, just days before the March

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Americans for Immigrant Justice Applauds the Senate’s Passage of the Violence Against Women Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act

Americans for Immigrant Justice Applauds the Senate’s Passage of the Violence Against Women Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act

admin February 13, 2013 Comments Off

For Immediate Release Contact: Michelle Ortiz, Supervising Attorney, Lucha Project, 305-573-1106, ext. 1690 mortiz@aijustice.org (Washington, DC) – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted resoundingly to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (S.47) and the Trafficking

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Wealth and Talent for the United States A New Day for Immigrants

Wealth and Talent for the United States A New Day for Immigrants

admin January 29, 2013 Comments Off

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 29, 2013) – Statement from Cory Smith, Washington D.C. Office Director, Americans for Immigrant Justice: “Finally, good faith bipartisan efforts bring hope of truly fixing America’s broken immigration system. Americans for

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AI Justice Statement on New Senate Immigration Reform Principles

AI Justice Statement on New Senate Immigration Reform Principles

AI Justice Team January 28, 2013 Comments Off

For Immediate Release Contacts: Cory Smith, Washington D.C. Office Director, 202-361-1442 csmith@aijustice.org Susana Barciela, Policy Director, 305-301-9762 sbarciela@aijustice.org NEWS RELEASE January 28, 2013 Welcome Progress on Immigration Reform Statement from Cory Smith, Washington D.C.Office

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Local Leaders Launch New Campaign to “Expose and Close” Widespread Abuse at Baker County Jail, Calling it One of the Ten Worst in the Nation

Local Leaders Launch New Campaign to “Expose and Close” Widespread Abuse at Baker County Jail, Calling it One of the Ten Worst in the Nation

admin November 15, 2012 Comments Off

For Immediate Release: November 15, 2012 Contact: Cheryl Little, Americans for Immigrant Justice, 305-573-1106, ext.1001, clittle@aijustice.org Romy Lerner, Americans for Immigrant Justice, 305-573-1106, ext. 1580, rlerner@aijustice.org Karen Winston, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, 904-356-8371 ext.

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Florida Supreme Court Hears Bar Admission Case

Florida Supreme Court Hears Bar Admission Case

admin October 2, 2012 Comments Off

For Immediate Release Lana Chiariello, 305-573-1106, ext. 1080, lchiariello@aijustice.org Susana Barciela, 305-301-9762, sbarciela@aijustice.org The Florida Supreme Court heard argument Tuesday, October 2 as to whether Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio-a Florida Bar applicant with a long

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