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Home Contáctenos para comenzar a obtener la ayuda que necesita US COURTS OVERCROWDED WITH 'ROCKET DOCKET' MIGRANT KIDS - VOICES OF AMERICA

US COURTS OVERCROWDED WITH ‘ROCKET DOCKET’ MIGRANT KIDS – VOICES OF AMERICA

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Today, immigrants’ and human rights advocates ar

Today, immigrants’ and human rights advocates are calling on the Biden administration to suspend all deportations to Haiti. The conditions in Haiti are dire, and deportations pose serious risks to life, liberty, and physical and mental safety.

We call upon the Administration to prioritize the safety and the rights of Haitians, and to not forget the importance of upholding humanitarian values. The United States has a historical commitment to providing refuge for those in need, and Haitian people should be no different.

President Biden: No more deportations to Haiti!

We’ve joined 74 immigrants’ and human rights o

We’ve joined 74 immigrants’ and human rights organizations to call for the immediate suspension of all scheduled and future deportation flights to Haiti.

We decry the government's refusal to implement the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s non-return advisory for Haiti. Since November 2022, when the UNHCR called on all governments to “suspend the forced return of Haitians to their country,” the U.S. has sent nine deportation flights to Haiti, despite the serious risks to life, liberty, and physical and mental safety of the people being deported.

Advocates have reason to believe the Biden administration intends to send another deportation flight to Haiti before the end of the month. The Biden administration must make sure this deportation flight does not take place!

AI Justice paralegal Cesar Flores joined @uninotic

AI Justice paralegal Cesar Flores joined @uninoticias to shed light on the rampant medical negligence, race- and gender-based violence, and other egregious abuses in ICE detention.

Immigrants in detention are human beings with the intrinsic right to safety, liberty, and opportunity. They are parents, siblings, spouses, and friends with loved ones across the U.S. They should be living with their communities and support networks while their cases are pending.

We must end the needless detention of immigrants. Community-based alternatives to detention have proven successful in ensuring people attend their immigration hearings, and we must shift our focus away from a detention-first approach.

There are over 31,000 people currently in ICE detention, with 79% of those people in detention being held in for-profit facilities. No one should profit off denying another person their freedom, and no one–no matter their immigration status or where they were born–should have their fundamental human rights violated.

The clear path forward and only humane next step is to release all people from immigration detention to the safety of their homes and communities.

Our Children’s Legal Program has been hard at wo

Our Children’s Legal Program has been hard at work ensuring that immigrant children have the support, care, and representation they need to live safely and thrive in the U.S.

Despite their young age, immigrant children are not entitled to free legal representation in immigration proceedings. We’re fighting to make sure no child is forced to navigate the complicated court system alone.

Having an attorney is literally a matter of life and death for many children in immigration proceedings, since 9 out of 10 children without representation are ordered deported to the dangers they fled, while those with attorneys are 5 times more likely to be granted protection. When children have representation and are granted protection, they have the opportunity to thrive that every child deserves. And when these children thrive, our communities thrive.

“No family should go through this, no matter the

“No family should go through this, no matter their status. No family should be separated.”

We are so grateful to everyone who joined us for Voices For Freedom: The Case Against Immigration Detention. Together, we will build a brighter future for our immigrant friends, family, and community members—a future free from injustice, a future without immigration detention.

#NoDetention #FreeThemAll #CommunitiesNotCages

La detención de inmigrantes es deshumanizante, in

La detención de inmigrantes es deshumanizante, inmoral y peligrosa. Exigimos el fin del encarcelamiento masivo de inmigrantes. Gracias a @telemundo51 por mostrar este tema tan importante.

#NoDetention #FreeThemAll #DefundHate

NEW: We’ve released a report on the Biden admini

NEW: We’ve released a report on the Biden administration’s FERM program, which places asylum seeking families in expedited removal proceedings. Our findings show that the program fails to consider the unique vulnerabilities and specific needs of asylum seeking families & children and that the truncated timeline around which the process is built unduly restricts meaningfully access to counsel.

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🔗Link in bio or visit aijustice.org/reports to read the full report!

You’re invited! Interested in joining our fight

You’re invited! Interested in joining our fight to end immigration detention? Please join us this Friday, September 15th for a free community and press event advocating for the end of immigration detention in Florida and the entire United States.

Swipe for more details on the event! Link in bio or visit bit.ly/againstdetention to RSVP

Americans for Immigrant Justice attended the 2023

Americans for Immigrant Justice attended the 2023 Florida Children and Families Summit. This annual statewide conference is well-known in Florida's child welfare care system as a premier training event.

Our Children's Legal Program Director, Alexandra Manrique Alfonso, and John Barry from the Orlando Center for Justice led a workshop called "Immigrant Children in Dependency Proceedings." The workshop was designed for case managers, attorneys, and judges working with children and families whose lawful status is uncertain. They provided a general overview of immigration relief available to dependent children, addressed how to ascertain and assist if a child needs assistance obtaining lawful status, and discussed the challenges immigrant children and families may face if status is not obtained.

The Florida Department of Children and Families hosted the Summit, convening over 3,000 child welfare professionals and related partners.

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