ICE IS THROWING A RECORD NUMBER OF 18-YEAR-OLDS INTO ADULT DETENTION ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS – THE HUFFINGTON POST

By Angelina Chapin November 1, 2018 On Roberto’s 18th birthday in September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers put metal cuffs on his hands and legs and a chain around his waist. They then drove him two hours from Homestead, the immigrant children’s shelter where he had been staying since May, to The Broward Transitional Center, an adult detention facility in Pompano Beach, …

DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE POWER TO CHANGE AMENDMENT 14? – ABC10

By Andrew Perez October 30, 2018 MIAMI – For decades, being born in the U.S. meant you were an American citizen. But President Donald Trump wants to change that. But one expert from South Florida said the president doesn’t have the power to put his plan into action. Trump made the comments Tuesday morning to “Axios on HBO.” He said he could …

HUSBAND SEEKING U.S. CITIZENSHIP ARRESTED BY ICE DURING MARRIAGE INTERVIEW – NEWSWEEK

BY HANNAH PRESTON  10/7/18 A marriage interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in Miami came to an abrupt end when the husband was unexpectedly arrested by ICE. María Eugenia Hernández and Oscar Hernández waited three years for the interview portion of Oscar’s citizenship application. But questioning came to a halt when María was asked to step out of the office. …

ARRESTS AT IMMIGRATION MARRIAGE INTERVIEWS POP UP IN FLORIDA – CNN

By Sonia Moghe and Samira Said, CNN Wed October 3, 2018 Maria and Oscar Hernandez Miranda had been preparing for the marriage interview portion of Oscar’s immigration application for a year and a half. As they sat in a Miami immigration office for the interview last week, the couple, who married in September 2015, was suddenly interrupted by the interviewer. …

VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS GET TRUMP SYMPATHY BUT NOT STATUS – STATELINE

October 2, 2018 By: Tim Henderson Venezuelans have been flooding into the United States as their home country faces a severe economic and political crisis. Immigration from Venezuela increased by 21 percent or almost 61,000 people between 2016 and 2017, the largest significant increase in immigrants from one country that year, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank …

HE WENT TO AN IMMIGRATION INTERVIEW AND WOUND UP DETAINED BY ICE – THE MIAMI HERALD

BY BRENDA MEDINA October 01, 2018 07:25 AM María Eugenia Hernández and her Nicaraguan-born husband, Oscar Hernández, went to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in Miami for an interview about their marriage that they had been waiting for three years. The agency uses such interviews to confirm that the marriages are legitimate and that partners like Oscar have …

ICE DETAINS MAN DURING MARRIAGE INTERVIEW – THINKPROGRESS

REBEKAH ENTRALGO OCT 1, 2018 Oscar Hernández and his wife María Eugenia Hernández waited three years for their marriage interview last week with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). But by mid-interview, the Hernándezes were separated and Oscar was on his way to an immigration detention facility, according to the Miami Herald. USCIS conducts marriage interviews to ensure that marriages are legitimate and …

SU ESPOSO TERMINA ARRESTADO TRAS ASISTIR A UNA CITA CON INMIGRACIÓN PARA LEGITIMAR SU MATRIMONIO – UNIVISION NOTICIAS

VILMA TARAZONA 1 Oct 2018  María Eugenia Hernández acudió a la autoridad migratoria con el fin de demostrar que su matrimonio era válido y su esposo, quien ingresó como indocumentado a EEUU en el año 2005, obtuviera un permiso legal de permanencia, pero al iniciar la cita fue detenido. La Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU) presentó una demanda argumentando que …