AI Justice Litigation Program Awarded Florida Bar Foundation’s Goldstein-Van Nortwick Award for Excellence Second Runner-Up

We’re honored to be awarded by The Florida Bar Foundation for our work in the Gayle litigation, resulting in improved conditions for immigrants detained by ICE during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tara Price (left) of Shutts & Bowen LLP presented the award to Americans for Immigrant Justice senior litigation attorney Jennifer Coberly (right). The Gayle major class action litigation was brought …

Father and Daughter Reunited 5 Years after Family Separation

Five years after being separated under Trump’s 2017 Family Separation pilot program, our client “Ana” and her father have finally been reunited in the United States!  Ana was just two years old and non-verbal when she and her father entered the US. After the pair was detained, Ana’s father – her sole living parent – was suddenly separated from the …

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Settlement Mandates Federal Court Oversight of Three Florida ICE Detention Facilities for Remainder of Pandemic

Souther Poverty Law Center “MIAMI – Immigrants held in U.S. custody and their attorneys reached a settlement with the federal government over COVID-19 protocols at three South Florida Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers. The agreement presumptively provides for six months’ oversight of ICE’s compliance with reduced population requirements, CDC pandemic guidelines, and ICE’s own Pandemic Response Requirements by a federal …

AI Jistis Ranpòte Règleman Enpòtan nan Libète Enfòmasyon sou Lwa (FOIA) ka

Kostim federal sa a, ki te depoze nan Tribinal Distrik Miyami, te chache fòse CBP pou pwodui dokiman konplè konsènan kondisyon detansyon nan tout estasyon kenbe kout tèm ki sitiye nan Rio Grande Valley ak rezilta nan pwodiksyon de milye paj nan enfòmasyon solid sou yon peryòd de plizyè ane. Anplis de sa, AI Jistis negosye konpansasyon pou frè avoka …

AI jistis Ranpòte Règleman Landmark pou Moun k ap Chèche azil arete pa CBP

An fevriye 2016 AI Justice, ansanm ak ko-konsèy Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger, Tetzeli ak Pratt, PA, rete yon bòn tè Federal Tort Reklamasyon Lwa ka sou non Alba Quiñonez Flores defi kondisyon yo brutal nan detansyon li nan estasyon plizyè kenbe ki opere pa Ladwàn ak pwoteksyon fwontyè (CBP) ansanm sou fwontyè a sid Texas. Selil yo kenbe yo rele hieleras …

Siksè nan Fini Sèvi ak S-Comm nan Konte Miami-Dade

AI Justice ak patnè defansè yo te òganize yon kanpay siksè 2013 pou mete fen nan pwogram Kominote Tache Kominote pou Imigrasyon ak Kliyan an nan Konte Miami-Dade. Nan mwa Oktòb 2013, Miami-Dade te vin premye konte nan Florid pou fini patisipasyon li nan pwogram S-Comm pa refize asiyen finansman pou pwogram lan. Pwogram Tache Kominote yo te sijè a …

Enstrimanj nan Kreyasyon DACA

AI Jistis te enstrimantalman nan adopsyon Administrasyon Obama a nan mwa jen 2012 nan pwogram Aksyon Diferan pou Arive Timoun (DACA), ki pèmèt imigran san papye ki te rive tankou timoun pou yo travay ak abite, omwen tanporèman, san yo pa pè depòtasyon. Nan mwa avril, Cheryl Little pibliye yon Op-Ed nan Miami Herald la, pwopozisyon Rubio ofri fason nan …

Lidè nan Goumen pou Lwa DREAM

Lidè nan batay pou pasaj nan Lwa rèv. Reprezante Trail la nan rèv elèv ki te mache 1,500 kilomèt rive nan Washington, D.C. nan 2010 la.