By Kevin Conlon, Kaylee Hartung and Ray Sanchez January 13, 2018. On a week during which Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood remembered thousands of Haitian earthquake victims, racially tinged remarks attributed to America’s President brought some to tears. “I felt so outraged … I cried,” Farah Larrieux said. “This is the real face of Donald Trump — the face of hate, racism.” Trump …
SOMALIS ALLEGING ABUSES BY ICE PERSONNEL SEEK MORE TIME IN US – DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
By: Celia Ampel Somalis who allege they were beaten on a deportation flight asked a Miami judge Monday to allow them to stay in the United States while they seek review of their removal orders. Plaintiffs attorneys argue it would be dangerous for the 92 detainees to return to Somalia, particularly after widespread press coverage of the December flight that led to a lawsuitagainst U.S. …
KEEP THE FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP ALIVE WITH A GENEROUS DONATION THIS HOLIDAY SEASON – THE NATION
These organizations are fighting the pernicious effects of his administration. Now’s the time to give them a boost. By Katha Pollitt December 21, 2017 2017 was just the worst, wasn’t it? But we got out of bed, girded our loins, and got to work—hurray, Alabama! Whether at home or in the developing world, these excellent organizations need your generous help …
MIAMI FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS ICE TO HALT SOMALI DEPORTATION FLIGHT – THE DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
By Catherine Wilson December 20, 2017 A Miami federal judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt its planned deportation of 92 Somalis after what was described as a harrowing two-day ordeal on an initial attempt. “The judge acted just in time,” Rebecca Sharpless, lead attorney on the lawsuit and director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law, said …
SOMALIS MISTREATED DURING US DEPORTATION EFFORT, LAWSUIT ALLEGES – CNN
By Jennifer Hansler and Sophie Tatum December 20, 2017 A Florida judge has issued a temporary stay of deportation for 92 Somali immigrants who, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, were subjected to “inhumane conditions and egregious abuse” during a failed deportation effort by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The order signed Wednesday by District Judge Darrin Gayles prohibits the Somalis …
DETAINED SOMALIS IN MIAMI FACED ‘SLAVE SHIP EXPERIENCE,’ SUIT ARGUING FOR ASYLUM SAYS – THE MIAMI HERALD
By Howard Cohen December 19, 2017 The University of Miami’s immigration law clinic has sued federal immigration officials, seeking to prevent the deportation of 92 Somalis being held at two Miami detention centers, who said they were shackled, beaten and prevented from going to the bathroom on a plane for 48 hours while in U.S. custody, the clinic’s director said. …
SOMALIS IN SOUTH FLORIDA DEPORTED BY ICE ON “SLAVE SHIP” FILE CLASS-ACTION SUIT – MIAMI NEW TIMES
By Jerry Ianelli December 19, 2017 In the early-morning hours of December 7, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Louisiana woke up 92 Somali detainees and shackled them by their wrists, waists, and ankles. The Somalis were then loaded onto a chartered airplane that was supposed to return them to Somalia. But then, for reasons the government has not yet …
ARRESTS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS RISE IN FLORIDA AMID TRUMP CRACKDOWN
By Aric Chokey December 7, 2017 After declining for years, arrests of undocumented immigrants have nearly doubled in a region overseen by federal immigration officials in South Florida. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Miami office reported taking 6,192 people into custody this year across Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. That’s up from 3,524 last year, according to agency figures released Tuesday. …
EIGHT IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY GROUPS FILE COMPLAINT AGAINST DHS – PACIFIC STANDARD
By Morgan Baskin December 6, 2017 Following a series of nation-wide raids this summer that sent nearly 400 undocumented minors to immigration detention facilities, eight immigrants’ rights organizations have collectively filed twin complaints against Immigration and Customs Enforcement with its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security. Those organizations—including the National Immigrant Justice Center and Americans for Immigrant Justice—say that …
THOUSANDS OF MIAMI STUDENTS COULD BE OUSTED FROM U.S. AS TRUMP ENDS PROTECTIONS FOR HAITIANS – THE 74
By Mark Keierleber December 5, 2017 Ronyde Christina Ponthieux is begging President Donald Trump to reverse course on a decision that could upend her life. Born in the U.S. to Haitian refugee parents, she could soon be forced to move to a country she’s never known. In a YouTube video, the 10-year-old fifth-grader at Miami Shores Elementary School took her …