ALFONSO CHARDY El gobierno federal está remozando una instalación en Homestead para su posible utilización como refugio para cientos de niños de América Central, en caso de que se desate una nueva ola de arribos de menores que crucen la frontera mexicana sin sus padres en el verano, de acuerdo con funcionarios a cargo del programa. La instalación es el …
SALVADORAN NATIONAL WINS COURT CASE AGAINST FRIGID CELLS KNOWN AS HIELERAS – THE MIAMI HERALD
ALFONSO CHARDY When Alba Quiñonez Flores was discovered by the U.S. Border Patrol three years ago, she had just crossed the border from Mexico and was near Falfurrias, a Texas town north of Brownsville. The Salvadoran woman had not eaten for two days and was feeling faint as her multiple ailments worsened. After she was taken to a detention center …
2 SOUTH FLORIDA ACTIVISTS TO BE HONORED BY IMMIGRANT JUSTICE GROUP – THE MIAMI HERALD
BY AUDRA D.S. BURCH Americans for Immigrant Justice is celebrating its 20th anniversary and annual awards dinner on Friday in downtown Miami. The theme, “Upholding the American Dream,” highlights the dreams of freedom, justice and opportunity that have attracted immigrants to the United States since the nation’s beginnings. The group will honor Janet McAliley, a former Miami-Dade School Board member …
ABOGADOS EN MIAMI GANAN CASO DE SALVADOREÑA RETENIDA EN “HIELERA” – EL NUEVO HERALD
ALFONSO CHARDY Cuando Alba Flores Quiñónez fue interceptada por la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos hace tres años acababa de cruzar la frontera con México y estaba cerca de Falfurrias, Texas, una ciudad al norte de Brownsville. La salvadoreña no había comido en dos días y sentía que se desmayaba, además de sufrir de múltiples dolencias que parecían empeorar. Después …
RUMORS OF IMMIGRATION RAIDS GROWING IN HISPANIC COMMUNITIES, LOCAL IMMIGRANTS GATHER AT MEETING
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 …