By Meredith Hoffman August 6, 2018 A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to do everything it can to reunify families separated at the border, but some children and parents remain trapped in different countries. Ever since he was separated from his eight-year-old daughter almost three months ago, Miguel has been fighting to get her back. She calls him when …
FOR ATTORNEYS WHO REPRESENT MIGRANT CHILDREN, WORK IS JUST BEGINNING – MIAMI HERALD
BY BRENDA MEDINA July 25, 2018 Attorney Angeliki Bouliakis Andronis keeps a giant blue stuffed rabbit in her office — a token to help calm her smallest clients. “Sometimes I give them the toy to make them feel more comfortable, to give them something to hold on to, touch and feel,” said Bouliakis, who represents immigrant children applying for U.S. …
PARA LOS ABOGADOS QUE REPRESENTAN A LOS NIÑOS INMIGRANTES, LA TAREA APENAS COMIENZA – EL NUEVO HERALD
POR BRENDA MEDINA 25 de julio de 2018 La abogada Angeliki Bouliakis Andronis tiene en su oficina un enorme conejo de peluche de color azul claro. Con él tranquiliza a sus clientes más pequeños. “Algunas veces les doy el peluche para que se sientan cómodos, para que tengan algo que agarrar, tocar y sentir”, explicó Bouliakis, quien representa a niños …
SOME PARENTS, IMMIGRANT KIDS REUNIFIED IN MIAMI, BUT FEDS ‘UNLIKELY’ TO MEET DEADLINE – MIAMI HERALD
BY MARTIN VASSOLO July 25, 2018 After visiting an immigrant shelter in Homestead last week — one of three in Miami-Dade County housing children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border — a South Florida lawmaker said Wednesday that he was skeptical that the Trump administration would meet a court-imposed deadline requiring the reunification of families split up at …
‘SCARED TO DEATH’: MIAMI HAITIANS FEAR FAMILY SEPARATIONS IF PROTECTED STATUS EXPIRES – MIAMI HERALD
BY MARTIN VASSOLO July 24, 2018 Warning of the potential for a new family separation crisis within South Florida’s sprawling Haitian and Central American neighborhoods, immigrant advocates and Haitian-born recipients long shielded from deportation are calling for the Trump administration to extend their Temporary Protected Status prior to the 2019 deadline. Parents who came to the U.S. following the devastating 2010 earthquake …
“ME ESTABA DESANGRANDO”: PERDIERON A SUS BEBÉS POR PRESUNTA NEGLIGENCIA MÉDICA EN CENTROS DE INMIGRACIÓN – NOTICIERO UNIVISIÓN
Vilma Tarazona July 23, 2018 Vea la entrevista aquí.
AFTER WEEKS APART, 4-YEAR-OLD IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN MIAMI-DADE REUNITED WITH PARENTS – MIAMI HERALD
BY MARTIN VASSOLO July 10, 2018 A pair of 4-year-old children separated from their fathers at the U.S.-Mexico border and taken to a South Florida migrant shelter were returned to their parents Tuesday, a law firm representing the families told the Miami Herald. The kids, a boy and girl from Honduras and Guatemala, were the first immigrant children in Florida …
MEET THE WOMEN DEFENDING MIGRANT CHILDREN ON OUR BORDER – INSTYLE
ROMY OLTUSKI July 9, 2018 When Michelle Brané visited the immigration processing center known as Ursula in McAllen, Texas, to monitor a group of migrant children being held there, she asked to see a 4-year-old girl on her list. “I can’t find her,” an agent told her plainly. Brané, who works with the Women’s Refugee Commission to make sure facilities …
ZERO TOLERANCE – THE ORLANDO TIMES
By Jalessa Castillo Due to the threat of drug cartels, extreme poverty, gang violence, and other safety concerns, tens of thousands of parents and children have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in recent years. Recently, former policies, the Trump administration, and other factors have led to a catastrophe that is the cause of over 2,300 children being separated from their …
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH DETAINED MIGRANT CHILDREN? A PATCHWORK SYSTEM MAKES IT HARD TO FIND OUT. – TAMPA BAY TIMES
By Alex Leary and Steve Bousquet June 29, 2018 Florida’s key role in the national detention system wasn’t publicly known until news broke in mid-June that more than 1,000 children were housed in a dorm-like former job training center in Homestead, including at least 70 kids who were taken from their families. No one noticed. Five months ago, the federal government sent an …