MARYAM SALEH JUNE 18 2019, 6:25 P.M. IN BETWEEN TWEETS complaining about Fox News polling numbers and boasting about the size of future rallies, President Donald Trump took a moment on Monday to send shock waves through immigrant communities with a threat meant to rally his base — but one that is not actually logistically possible. “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal …
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO MIGRANT KIDS: NO MORE ART, SOCCER, LAWYERS OR SCHOOL FOR YOU – MIAMI HERALD
BY MONIQUE O. MADAN JUNE 05, 2019 07:31 PM For the kids at the Homestead shelter for unaccompanied migrants, many of whom endured unimaginable hardships on their journey to the United States, life is about to get a lot more austere. The Trump administration abruptly announced Wednesday it would dramatically cut aid to detention centers that house migrant children who …
ICE SET TO DEPORT SOMALIS WHO WERE RETURNED TO U.S. ON INFAMOUS BOTCHED FLIGHT – THE INTERCEPT
MARYAM SALEH APRIL 9 2019, 3:57 P.M. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND Customs Enforcement is planning on Thursday to deport a number of Somali immigrants who were part of an infamous botched deportation flight in December 2017, according to their legal team. During the trip, the deportees said, they experienced verbal and physical abuse at the hands of ICE officers, and they have been …
FEDS STONEWALL ON CHARGES THAT DETAINEES ARE CHAINED ALL DAY, EVEN IN THERAPY – MIAMI NEW TIMES
BRITTANY SHAMMAS | APRIL 1, 2019 | 7:42AM For years, South Florida detainees have told lawyers with the nonprofit Americans for Immigrant Justice about abusive and unlawful mental health treatment behind bars, including almost round-the-clock physical restraint and monitoring. Based on those claims, the Miami group in January 2017 requested contracts and other documents related to what goes on inside local detention facilities. But U.S. …
FAMILY SEPARATIONS REMAIN AN EXERCISE IN ‘GRATUITOUS CRUELTY’ – MIAMI HERALD OP-ED, CHERYL LITTLE
BY CHERYL LITTLE MARCH 28, 2019 07:03 PM, UPDATED APRIL 01, 2019 02:41 PM We recently learned that in addition to the more than 2,700 children that the Trump administration has acknowledged were separated from their families at the border, thousands more families were likely separated. U.S. immigration policy continues to tear apart families in many ways, creating trauma from which …
By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Updated 12:04 PM ET, Thu March 28, 2019 On your 18th birthday, immigration officials will come for you, a lawyer explained. You will be shackled, you will be placed in an orange jumpsuit, and you will be taken to jail. “But I need you to know you are not a criminal.”This is how Allison Norris, …
By TIM PADGETT MAR 18, 2019 One of the more disturbing sounds to hit the media airwaves last summer was a recording obtained by ProPublica of Central American children crying at an immigration detention center in Texas. They’d been separated from their parents, who had come to seek U.S. asylum At that same place the summer before, in 2017, a Guatemalan girl named …
MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS SUE ICE FOR GETTING IN THE WAY OF RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE – THE INTERCEPT
Maryam Saleh February 27, 2019 MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS DETAINED at a Florida jail made more than 20 requests — orally and in writing — for religious accommodation throughout last year. Their asks were simple: They wanted their meals to be religiously compliant, to be able to make their five daily prayers without obstruction, and to have access to basic items like prayer …
MIGRANT YOUTH GO FROM A CHILDREN’S SHELTER TO ADULT DETENTION ON THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY – NPR
February 22, 2019 Heard on Morning Edition When migrant children cross the border without their parents, they’re sent to federal shelters until caseworkers can find them a good home. But everything changes when they turn 18. That’s when, in many cases, they’re handcuffed and locked up in an adult detention facility. The practice is sparking lawsuits and outrage from immigrant advocates. …
DSU’S INDIRA ISLAS RECEIVES HOLLY SKOLNICK HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD – DOVER POST
February 19, 2019 Americans for Immigrant Justice presented Delaware State University junior Indira Islas with its Holly Skolnick Human Rights Award for her story as a “Dreamer” and her advocacy for immigrants. The organization flew her to Miami, where it held its 23rd annual AIJ Awards Dinner. In a letter to the honoree, AIJ Executive Director Cheryl Little said Islas is …