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  • Immigration advocates move again to block Florida transportation law in federal court – Miami Herald
    August 14, 2023 5:32 pm
  • Changes are coming to the family-reunification programs for Cuba, Haiti. See what they are – Miami Herald
    August 10, 2023 5:39 pm
  • US expands curfews for asylum-seeking families to 13 cities as an alternative to detention – ABC News
    August 4, 2023 2:41 pm
  • Letter Urging President Biden to End the Asylum Ban
    August 2, 2023 1:34 pm
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    July 17, 2023 2:35 pm
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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. ⏭️Swipe for our 10 key findings. 🔗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.
Last week, AI Justice Detention Program paralegal Last week, AI Justice Detention Program paralegal Cesar Flores traveled to Orlando on behalf of the #ShutDownBaker coalition to meet with Rep. Maxwell Frost and advocate for an end to immigration detention in Florida, starting by shutting down the Baker County Detention Center in Macclenny, FL. Baker has a long and well-documented history of abuse and egregious conditions, and it’s long overdue for ICE to close the facility and release all people detained there to pursue immigration relief safely at home with their loved ones. We will continue using our voices and collective power to fight to end the unjust and inhumane detention of immigrants. We fight to create a brighter future for our immigrant friends, family, and community members across Florida and the entire United States.
Please join us for Voices for Freedom: The Case Ag Please join us for Voices for Freedom: The Case Against Immigration Detention, a free, in-person event at @booksandbooks Coral Gables in partnership with @immigrantactionalliance as part of @detentionwatch National Day of Action. The event will include a panel sharing direct testimonies of experiencing immigration detention in the United States, as well as stories from detained folks’ families and community members, and opportunities to learn how you can fight back against the mass incarceration of our immigrant community. At the event, visual artist María Barquet (@mariabarquet) will create a live painting on themes of immigration, freedom, and ending mass incarceration. An immigrant herself, María was born in Ecuador and moved to the U.S. in 2001 at six years old, an experience that influences her art to this day. A raffle will allow one lucky winner will take home María’s painting, with proceeds benefiting Americans for Immigrant Justice’s work fighting for the release of immigrants from detention. Date: September 15, 2023 Time: 11am-2pm Location: Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33134 Link in bio or visit bit.ly/againstdetention for your free ticket! #NoDetention #NoDeportation #CommunitiesNotCages #DefundHate #FreeThemAll
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