POR BRENDA MEDINA [email protected] 24 de septiembre de 2018 06:40 PM Actualizado 25 de septiembre de 2018 06:07 PM Una propuesta del gobierno de Donald Trump que busca negar la residencia permanente a inmigrantes legales que reciban ciertos beneficios públicos ha generado preocupación entre políticos, activistas y abogados de Miami-Dade, que el lunes denunciaron el potencial cambio como “un ataque …
ICE CAN’T BE TRUSTED TO CARE FOR DETAINEES DURING HURRICANES – THE DAILY BEAST
By Maria Barbero September 20, 2018 Just days after the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Irma’s landfall in the Florida Keys, Hurricane Florence has left more than one million homes without electricity and caused catastrophic flooding across the Carolinas. If we can learn anything from Hurricane Irma in Florida, it is the need to pay close attention to how detained immigrants are treated before, during, and after such disasters. …
AFTER BEING SEPARATED AT THE BORDER, THEY BEGAN A QUIET LIFE IN MIAMI. WHAT’S NEXT? – THE MIAMI HERALD
BY BRENDA MEDINA [email protected] September 13, 2018 Sitting on a sofa-bed in the small room where she lives with her son in a quiet Miami-Dade neighborhood, Morena Mendoza talks about the months she spent in an immigration lockup, not knowing the whereabouts of the 12-year-old. The mother is interrupted occasionally by the boy’s laughter as he watches videos on his …
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 …
¿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 …