AQUA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN TO HOST IMMIGRATION PANEL, FILM SCREENING – THE MIAMI HERALD

BY STEVE ROTHAUS [email protected] September 05, 2018 Aqua Foundation for Women will present a discussion, about immigration, “The State of U.S. Immigration Policy: What it Means to Miami,” along with a one-hour documentary beginning noon Saturday, Sept. 15, at O Cinema Wynwood. “What is going on, America? What is happening in our backyard, Miami? Aqua Foundation for Women brings together immigration …

ICE IS DETAINING TEENS ON THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAYS – TEEN VOGUE

By Christianna Silva AUG 24, 2018 1:32PM EDT Immigration officers are handcuffing and jailing unaccompanied immigrant detainees on their 18th birthdays, according to a new report by The Miami New Times. Unaccompanied minors who are under 18 have certain protections, like more comfortable living situations and connection to their families, that undocumented immigrants over 18 are not provided. According to Lisa Lehner, an …

ICE ARRESTS TEENS DETAINED IN FLORIDA MINUTES BEFORE THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAYS – JEZEBEL

By Prachi Gupta Thursday, August 23, 2018 Immigration and Customs Enforcement is legally required to unite migrant children held in youth shelters with family or guardians as soon as possible, and place them in the “least restrictive” settings until they do so. But increasingly, children who turn 18 in youth shelters are being sent to adult detention facilities or jail …

ICE’S ILLEGAL ABUSE OF TEENAGERS PROVES THE AGENCY IS BEYOND REFORM – SLATE

By MARK JOSEPH STERN and SOFIE WERTHAN AUG 23, 20187:01 PM Early one morning in February 2018, an undocumented immigrant named Ana was told to report to a government office within the shelter where she was being housed. A month earlier, she had fled to the United States from Guatemala with her 2-year-old son after gang members threatened to kill her. Because she …

YOUR HONOR, CAN I PLAY WITH THAT GAVEL? – NEW YORK TIMES

By Jennifer Anzardo Valdes Video by Leah Varjacques Aug. 22, 2018 Media coverage of the border crisis has heavily focused on separated parents and children. But migrant children’s nightmares are just beginning once they set foot here, as documented in the video above. Every child that crosses the border without permission has an immigration court case to fight, but there is …