BY MARC CAPUTO February 9, 2019 Michael Bloomberg assailed President Donald Trump as “xenophobic” and called his family separation policy “un-American” during a Friday night Miami speech that sounded like a warmup for a 2020 presidential bid. “The American story and the American dream are under attack by our own American president,” the former New York mayor said at an Americans for …
‘THEIR LIVES ARE ON HOLD’: MIAMI’S IMMIGRATION COURT GRINDS TO A HALT BECAUSE OF SHUTDOWN – MIAMI HERALD
BY DAVID OVALLE AND ROB WILE JANUARY 12, 2019 When Juan was 17, he accepted probation in Miami for making threats, a case he chalks up to the immaturity of youth. But because he was born in Mexico, of Cuban descent, he faces deportation to either of those countries, even though he was raised as a legal resident in South Florida. In …
THESE ACTIVISTS HELPED IMMIGRANTS IN MIAMI DURING A YEAR OF MANY CHALLENGES – MIAMI HERALD
BY BRENDA MEDINA DECEMBER 31, 2018 Just before Christmas of 2015, Leah Cayasso came home with more than 50 letters for children who were being held at U.S. shelters for immigrants after crossing the Mexico-U.S. border. A few days earlier, Leah’s mother, a Honduran immigrant, had asked her then 10-year-old daughter to write just one letter to a child in …
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE – MIAMI’S NEXT LEADERS
December 19, 2018 Each year, Miami’s Next Leaders hosts a selective, six-month leadership development institute which seeks to support and train the next generation of Miami’s progressive leadership. Carson is an Immigration Attorney at Americans for Immigrant Justice. She has worked in AI Justice’s Lucha Program for five years, providing representation to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human …
IMMIGRANTS TO DEFEND H-1B SPOUSE WORK PERMIT AT DC CIRCUIT – LAW360
By Nicole Narea December 18, 2018 The D.C. Circuit on Monday allowed immigrants to intervene as defendants in a case challenging the Obama-era rule allowing spouses of H-1B skilled worker visa holders to apply for work authorization, taking the place of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which has proposed scrapping the rule. In a one-page order, a three-judge panel allowed Immigration …
ASYLUM DENIALS SURGE TO 18-YEAR HIGH IN FLORIDA AS TRUMP CRACKS DOWN ON REFUGEES – SUN SENTINEL
December 6, 2018 By Aric Chokey Refugees requesting asylum in the U.S. to escape violence in their home countries have been more likely to be rejected in Florida this year than at any time in at least 18 years, a new report says. Immigration judges in Miami rejected 86 percent of applicants in 2018 and in Orlando, judges turned down 85 …
ICE IS THROWING A RECORD NUMBER OF 18-YEAR-OLDS INTO ADULT DETENTION ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS – THE HUFFINGTON POST
By Angelina Chapin November 1, 2018 On Roberto’s 18th birthday in September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers put metal cuffs on his hands and legs and a chain around his waist. They then drove him two hours from Homestead, the immigrant children’s shelter where he had been staying since May, to The Broward Transitional Center, an adult detention facility in Pompano Beach, …
DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE POWER TO CHANGE AMENDMENT 14? – ABC10
By Andrew Perez October 30, 2018 MIAMI – For decades, being born in the U.S. meant you were an American citizen. But President Donald Trump wants to change that. But one expert from South Florida said the president doesn’t have the power to put his plan into action. Trump made the comments Tuesday morning to “Axios on HBO.” He said he could …
HUSBAND SEEKING U.S. CITIZENSHIP ARRESTED BY ICE DURING MARRIAGE INTERVIEW – NEWSWEEK
BY HANNAH PRESTON 10/7/18 A marriage interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in Miami came to an abrupt end when the husband was unexpectedly arrested by ICE. María Eugenia Hernández and Oscar Hernández waited three years for the interview portion of Oscar’s citizenship application. But questioning came to a halt when María was asked to step out of the office. …
ARRESTS AT IMMIGRATION MARRIAGE INTERVIEWS POP UP IN FLORIDA – CNN
By Sonia Moghe and Samira Said, CNN Wed October 3, 2018 Maria and Oscar Hernandez Miranda had been preparing for the marriage interview portion of Oscar’s immigration application for a year and a half. As they sat in a Miami immigration office for the interview last week, the couple, who married in September 2015, was suddenly interrupted by the interviewer. …