Americans for Immigrant Justice executive director Shalyn Fluharty joined WEDU for a panel discussing Florida’s anti-immigrant law SB 1718 and its effects on our state and communities. “This is a real problem, not just because it’s uprooting members of our community—Floridians who have been here for years based upon the fear that they face—but also because we know that we …
Republican states send national guard troops to Texas border in show of force – The Guardian
By Alex Hinojosa “Shalyn Fluharty, executive director at Americans for Immigrant Justice, said that in her experience the majority of migrants she had spoken to will cross actively looking for a border patrol agent to whom they may turn themselves in. However, adding other law enforcement personnel and mixing that with out-of-state national guard troops and other law enforcement personnel …
Why Florida’s new immigration law is troubling businesses and workers alike – NPR
By Vanessa Romo This provision was among the most hotly contested and will likely face strong legal challenges because it’s so poorly written, attorney Evelyn Wiese told NPR. “As someone who has practiced immigration law for many years, I’m not exactly sure what the law means by ‘inspected,’” she said. Wiese noted that the Republican lawmakers failed to define the …
Biden Warned Of Psychological Dangers Of Detaining Families – Law360
By Micah Danney Law360 (March 9, 2023, 8:05 PM EST) — Days after reports began to break that the Biden administration is considering detaining migrant families that enter the U.S. unlawfully, immigration attorney Shalyn Fluharty recalled a 14-year-old girl she represented who she said tried to hang herself in detention.Speaking at a video press conference with other immigration advocates on Thursday, Fluharty, who heads Americans for …
Shalyn Fluharty discusses migrant rights following new Florida law passing on TWISF – Local 10 News
Now signed and in immediate effect, the multimillion dollar Florida state plan to transport incoming migrants from anywhere to anywhere else in the United States. Watch AI Justice executive director Shalyn Fluharty on This Week in South Florida here.
DeSantis Signs Migrant Relocation Program Into Law – Law360
By Micah Danney “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill devoting $10 million to a program that expands the state’s transporting of migrants to other states, a move critics promptly decried.The law funds and authorizes the relocation of migrants to other parts of the country and establishes a category of people called “inspected unauthorized alien” who will be subject …
Why is disinformation obstructing a new U.S. parole program for Haitian migrants? – WLRN
By Tim Padgett “Last week, more than 100 Haitian migrants arrived in the Florida Keys after a dangerous sea voyage. The Biden administration hopes to discourage those journeys with a new parole program it announced last month for migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua — and Haiti. That new policy is popular inside Haiti, where people are lining up daily to …
Activists call for Baker County jail to be shut down over alleged mistreatment of immigrant detainees – News4Jax
By Jenese Harris “Civil rights activists, attorneys and supporters of detainees gathered Friday on the footsteps of the federal courthouse in Jacksonville, calling for the Baker County Detention Center to be shut down over the alleged mistreatment of immigrants detained at the jail. Andrea Jacoski, with Americans for Immigrant Justice, represents people detained in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody …
In midst of historic wave of migration to U.S., deportation flights to Cuba will resume – Miami Herald
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes and Michael Wilner “Shalyn Fluharty, the executive director of Americans for Immigrant Justice, told the Herald that the resumption of deportations to Cuba was “not a surprise” after the recent detentions in South Florida. ‘They rounded up people with no criminal history, who have work permits, family in the United States, who have complied with every single …
Legal organizations sue ICE, say agency prevents communication with Krome detainees – Miami Herald
by Syra Ortiz-Blanes “Legal service groups that represent detained migrants have sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging the agency prevents lawyers and their clients in Miami’s Krome Detention Center and three other detention facilities from speaking regularly and confidentially. ‘Defendants have systematically failed to ensure compliance with constitutional requirements, federal law, and ICE’s own policies regarding access to counsel,’ …