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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 …
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 …
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,’ …
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes & Nora Gámez Torres When Dachel Caballero headed to an appointment at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Miramar earlier this week, the 30-year-old Cuban man thought he’d go back home to his wife and newborn child. But once inside, Caballero knew something was wrong when officials stripped him of his belongings. He was then …
By Daniel Wiessner “Groups that provide legal services to immigrants seeking asylum have filed a lawsuit accusing the U.S. agency that operates detention facilities of violating the U.S. Constitution by making it difficult for lawyers to meet with detainees. The five nonprofit groups, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, claim U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has prevented regular …
by Michael Moline A coalition of civil-rights groups that includes the ACLU of Florida have filed an administrative complaint alleging a pattern of “horrific” mistreatment of immigration detainees being held at the Baker County Detention Center in North Florida. The 22-page complaint, addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and related government departments including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), seeks …
By Syra Ortiz Blanes, Nora Gámez Torres, and Ana Ceballos “Jennifer Anzardo Valdes, director of the Children’s Legal Program at Americans for Immigrant Justice, said the nonprofit law firm has represented more unaccompanied Cuban children this year. They include teenagers between 16 and 18, although they also have younger clients. Some have come to reunite with family already living in …
by Ashley Miznazi “Cassandra Suprin from Americans for Immigrant Justice speaks in Creole to group of people who migrated from Haiti about protections against violence and applying for Temporary Protective Status at Miami Worker Center on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. About 40 people attended an information session Aug. 25 to learn about the rights of migrants and related topics at …
by Ashley Miznazi “Cassandra Suprin of Americans for Immigrant Justice in Miami said she has seen a double standard between the priority of Black and brown refugees compared to white. ‘We do support the U.S. response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis,’ said Suprin, the organization’s Family Defense Program director. ‘We just wish that such assistance can be offered to other …
by Syra Ortiz-Blanes and Michael Wilner “Jennifer Anzardo Valdes, director of the Children’s Legal Program at Americans for Immigrant Justice, told the Miami Herald that Monday’s development was ‘very welcome news.’ Her organization has heard ‘horrific stories’ of kidnappings, threats, assaults, and more happening to people enrolled in the program while in Mexico. ‘We had kids whose parents would go …
