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By TIM PADGETT MAR 18, 2019 One of the more disturbing sounds to hit the media airwaves last summer was a recording obtained by ProPublica of Central American children crying at an immigration detention center in Texas. They’d been separated from their parents, who had come to seek U.S. asylum At that same place the summer before, in 2017, a Guatemalan girl named …
Maryam Saleh February 27, 2019 MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS DETAINED at a Florida jail made more than 20 requests — orally and in writing — for religious accommodation throughout last year. Their asks were simple: They wanted their meals to be religiously compliant, to be able to make their five daily prayers without obstruction, and to have access to basic items like prayer …
February 22, 2019 Heard on Morning Edition When migrant children cross the border without their parents, they’re sent to federal shelters until caseworkers can find them a good home. But everything changes when they turn 18. That’s when, in many cases, they’re handcuffed and locked up in an adult detention facility. The practice is sparking lawsuits and outrage from immigrant advocates. …
February 19, 2019 Americans for Immigrant Justice presented Delaware State University junior Indira Islas with its Holly Skolnick Human Rights Award for her story as a “Dreamer” and her advocacy for immigrants. The organization flew her to Miami, where it held its 23rd annual AIJ Awards Dinner. In a letter to the honoree, AIJ Executive Director Cheryl Little said Islas is …
BY MARC CAPUTO February 9, 2019 Michael Bloomberg assailed President Donald Trump as “xenophobic” and called his family separation policy “un-American” during a Friday night Miami speech that sounded like a warmup for a 2020 presidential bid. “The American story and the American dream are under attack by our own American president,” the former New York mayor said at an Americans for …
BY DAVID OVALLE AND ROB WILE JANUARY 12, 2019 When Juan was 17, he accepted probation in Miami for making threats, a case he chalks up to the immaturity of youth. But because he was born in Mexico, of Cuban descent, he faces deportation to either of those countries, even though he was raised as a legal resident in South Florida. In …
BY BRENDA MEDINA DECEMBER 31, 2018 Just before Christmas of 2015, Leah Cayasso came home with more than 50 letters for children who were being held at U.S. shelters for immigrants after crossing the Mexico-U.S. border. A few days earlier, Leah’s mother, a Honduran immigrant, had asked her then 10-year-old daughter to write just one letter to a child in …
December 19, 2018 Each year, Miami’s Next Leaders hosts a selective, six-month leadership development institute which seeks to support and train the next generation of Miami’s progressive leadership. Carson is an Immigration Attorney at Americans for Immigrant Justice. She has worked in AI Justice’s Lucha Program for five years, providing representation to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human …
By Nicole Narea December 18, 2018 The D.C. Circuit on Monday allowed immigrants to intervene as defendants in a case challenging the Obama-era rule allowing spouses of H-1B skilled worker visa holders to apply for work authorization, taking the place of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which has proposed scrapping the rule. In a one-page order, a three-judge panel allowed Immigration …
December 6, 2018 By Aric Chokey Refugees requesting asylum in the U.S. to escape violence in their home countries have been more likely to be rejected in Florida this year than at any time in at least 18 years, a new report says. Immigration judges in Miami rejected 86 percent of applicants in 2018 and in Orlando, judges turned down 85 …
