By Alexi C. Cardona, Miami New Times “Lily Hartmann, a human-rights advocate for Americans for Immigrant Justice, says the detainees asked officials for other food and tried to address the issues on their own before turning to advocates. The letter says detainees’ complaints to detention staff have gone ignored and that a chaplain dismissed them by saying, ‘It is what …
Muslim ICE Detainees Reportedly Fed Pork, Told By Chaplain: ‘It Is What It Is’ – Forbes
“‘ICE officers at Krome have repeatedly served pork or pork-based products to Muslim detainees, contrary to the detainees’ sincerely held religious belief that they are forbidden…
‘Into the shadows’: New federal rules could push asylum seekers further into poverty
By Monique O. Madan, The Miami Herald “Jennifer Anzardo Valdez, the program director for the Children’s Law Program at Americans for Immigrant Justice, a Florida non-profit immigration organization representing Miami’s most at-risk communities, is on the staff’s legal team charged with analyzing the administration’s new work-permit rules. She says the ‘rules are designed to keep asylum seekers not just from …
‘Dreamers’ face a new twist in their college studies: Justify status every year
By Juan Carlos Chavez, Tampa Bay Times “Adonia Simpson, a lawyer for the Miami-based immigrant rights group Americans for Immigrant Justice, said dreamers are worried at how many years have passed with the deferred-action program still on shaky ground. ‘The difficulty about DACA is that it was never a permanent solution,’ said Simpson. ‘It was a response to deliver a …
The next federal relief package must include help for immigrants | Opinion
BY KRYSTINA FRANÇOIS, CHERYL LITTLE AND ALISON YAGER, The Miami Herald The health and prosperity of each of us depends on the health and prosperity of all of us. That’s the reality that the COVID-19 crisis has made plain. Sen. Marco Rubio has shown leadership by sponsoring the American Citizen Coronavirus Relief Act in support of relief for some immigrant families. But …
Sick ICE detainees are scared to die of COVID. Some beg federal judge to release them
By Monique O. Madan, The Miami Herald “Attorney Lisa Lehner of Americans for Immigrant Justice, a Florida non-profit immigration organization, told the judge that her client, Deivys Perez Valladares, who was transferred from Broward to Krome, never received a decision regarding his release or an explanation for his transfer. ‘Medical staff at BTC did not complete a medical examination prior …
Detainees Blast ICE Bid To Upend Pandemic Response Order
By Nathan Hale, Law 360 Detainees at three Florida facilities have slammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s bid to escape an order requiring it to improve conditions and limit transfers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the Florida federal court’s ruling was justified and more recent events only reinforce that conclusion. Responding Monday to ICE’s motion for reconsideration of the June …
ICE asks federal judge to undo court order that mandates masks and soap, limits transfers
By Monique O. Madan, The Miami Hearald U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has asked a federal judge to undo an order she issued last month requiring the agency to give soap, cleaning supplies and masks to detainees at three South Florida detention centers. The June 6 mandate — which also strictly limits ICE transfers to other facilities and bars COVID-19-positive …
Caso ICE del sur de Florida sobre la liberación de inmigrantes detenidos para ir a juicio
Por Monique O. Madan, el Miami Herald Un juez federal de Miami fijó una fecha de juicio en enero para un caso relacionado con el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. Y los inmigrantes detenidos en tres centros de detención del sur de Florida en medio de la pandemia de coronavirus. En documentos de la corte …
ICE unlawfully jails unaccompanied migrant children once they turn 18, judge rules
By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post A federal judge ruled Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has unlawfully transferred thousands of unaccompanied children who turned 18 to adult detention facilities without considering alternatives, in violation of a 2013 law. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras of Washington, D.C., said he will order changes “in the near future” after a …