Rumors of immigration raids are spreading like wildfire in Hispanic communities. Some local immigrants are even afraid to step out of their homes. The Guatemalan-Maya Center and attorneys with Americans for Immigrant Justice are educating both documented and undocumented immigrants on what to do in the event of a raid. Every day a Guatemalan man living in Lake Worth who …
LAWYER LIMELIGHT: CHERYL LITTLE – LAWDRAGON
To say that Cheryl Little and her organization have an uphill battle in today’s political environment is an understatement. Still, the executive director and co-founder of Americans for Immigrant Justice holds out hope for the nation’s immigration system, despite feeling outrage at many of the injustices she and her team witness as a matter of depressing routine. AI Justice provides direct services to thousands …
LGBT, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ADVOCATES WARN PRESIDENT OBAMA OF PRIVATE DETENTION CENTER FOR TRANS WOMEN – LATIN POST
By Michael Oleaga ([email protected]) First Posted: Aug 25, 2015 05:15 PM EDT LGBTQ, civil and immigrant rights advocates are mounting the pressure on President Barack Obama regarding the abuses of detention facilities. Several dozen national, regional and state level organizations wrote to Obama about news regarding transgender women transferring to the Adelanto Detention Facility in Southern California. The Adelanto facility, owned by the private …
SIKH ASYLUM SEEKERS FREED FROM US JAIL AFTER HUNGER STRIKE – NDTV
WASHINGTON: Twenty of the 22 Indian Sikh asylum-seekers, who were on hunger strike for over two weeks at a detention centre in Florida protesting against alleged unfair practices by immigration department, have been released on bond to fight their cases. These 20 asylum-seekers went on hunger strike on July 25 to protest ICE’s decision to deny them bond and Immigration Judge …
DACA HAS HELPED MANY IMMIGRANTS, CAN HELP MORE – THE MIAMI HERALD OP-ED
June 15, 2015 BY JOSE ANTONIO ZABALGOITIA [email protected] This week marks the third anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA. The program is designed to provide temporary permission to stay in the country to young people who were brought to the United States by their relatives as undocumented children. It allows …
HILLARY CLINTON TO LAY OUT IMMIGRATION REFORM PLAN – VOICES OF AMERICA
By: Victoria Macchi Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says the U.S. needs to fix its broken immigration system, and that any legislation needs to include a path to “full and equal citizenship” for the country’s undocumented population. At a campaign stop Tuesday at a high school in Nevada, Clinton singled out her potential Republican rivals, saying that not a single …
WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? – THE NEW YORKER
Where Are the Children? For extortionists, undocumented migrants have become big business. By Sarah Stillman The kidnapper sounded polite, even deferential, when she called on a Tuesday afternoon last May. Melida Lemus and Alfredo Godoy had left their clapboard house in Trenton, New Jersey, to pick up their two daughters from school. Godoy, who works in construction, was late to …
N4P: IMMIGRATION REFORM – WVUM NEWS
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FREEZING CELLS AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION: THE BRUTAL CONDITIONS MIGRANTS STILL FACE AFTER CAPTURE – THE GUARDIAN
In a week of outcry over the Senate’s report on CIA torture, human rights groups say harsh treatment of migrants still meted out the on US border. Migrants without papers sit in a holding cell at the US Border Patrol detainee processing center n McAllen. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Josefina Peralta made the gruelling journey from her home in Honduras …
FACING SOUTH FLORIDA: IMMIGRATION REFORM
Click here to watch Cheryl Little on Facing South Florida.