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 …
¿CÓMO EXPLICAR A UN NIÑO CUÁLES SON LOS DERECHOS DE LOS INMIGRANTES? – UNIVISION
VILMA TARAZONA 28 Ago 2018 – 7:02 PM EDT Una organización ideó un sistema para enseñar a los niños inmigrantes sobre sus derechos. A través de un relato adaptado, conocen los pasos de las personas que llegan a Estados Unidos y el complejo entramado legal que los envuelve. Véalo en Univsion aquí.
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 …
ACUSAN A ICE DE RETENER A MENORES INDOCUMENTADOS PARA ENVIARLOS A CENTROS DE DETENCIÓN DE ADULTOS – UNIVISION
By VILMA TARAZONA 24 Ago 2018 – 6:59 PM EDT En vez de ponerlos en manos de familiares o guardianes, muchos jóvenes inmigrantes fueron detenidos y llevados a centros de menores. Según grupos de derechos de migrantes, ICE habría esperado hasta que cumplan los 18 años para luego llevarlos a centros de detención de adultos.
STAYING FOCUSED: JUSTICE JAM KEEPS IMMIGRANT FAMILIES FRONT AND CENTER – TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
Rev. Candace McKibben, Guest columnist Published 6:44 p.m. ET Aug. 24, 2018 I have heard it diagnosed often in the so-called “information age.” It seems the more we develop the ability to communicate and shrink the globe with awareness of people, places and events, the less we are able to remain focused on important issues that concern us. Information overload …
GOVERNMENT WISHES HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BY SENDING THEM TO JAIL – NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
BY MEGAN CERULLO AUG 23, 2018 | 1:30 PM A teen who fled his native Honduras to seek asylum in the United States, fearing for his life, was housed in a temporary shelter for unaccompanied children until his 18th birthday — at which point he was transferred to a jail cell, his attorney said. On April 8, the day he turned 18, Nolbiz’s …
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 …
LAWYERS GIVE COLORING BOOKS TO KIDS SEPARATED AT BORDER – NBC 6
Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018 Attorneys are using coloring books to communicate with children separated from family at the border. Watch on NBC 6 here.