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By ALEXANDER GONZALEZ SEP 24, 2018 Several Miami-Dade County commissioners and immigration advocates protested Monday the Trump administration’s proposed policy change that would deny green cards to welfare recipients. “This new rule is forcing legal immigrants to make an impossible choice between following the process to permanent residency and providing for their families,” said Commissioner Eileen Higgins, whose district includes …
POR BRENDA MEDINA [email protected] 24 de septiembre de 2018 06:40 PM Actualizado 25 de septiembre de 2018 06:07 PM Una propuesta del gobierno de Donald Trump que busca negar la residencia permanente a inmigrantes legales que reciban ciertos beneficios públicos ha generado preocupación entre políticos, activistas y abogados de Miami-Dade, que el lunes denunciaron el potencial cambio como “un ataque …
By Maria Barbero September 20, 2018 Just days after the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Irma’s landfall in the Florida Keys, Hurricane Florence has left more than one million homes without electricity and caused catastrophic flooding across the Carolinas. If we can learn anything from Hurricane Irma in Florida, it is the need to pay close attention to how detained immigrants are treated before, during, and after such disasters. …
BY BRENDA MEDINA [email protected] September 13, 2018 Sitting on a sofa-bed in the small room where she lives with her son in a quiet Miami-Dade neighborhood, Morena Mendoza talks about the months she spent in an immigration lockup, not knowing the whereabouts of the 12-year-old. The mother is interrupted occasionally by the boy’s laughter as he watches videos on his …
BY STEVE ROTHAUS [email protected] September 05, 2018 Aqua Foundation for Women will present a discussion, about immigration, “The State of U.S. Immigration Policy: What it Means to Miami,” along with a one-hour documentary beginning noon Saturday, Sept. 15, at O Cinema Wynwood. “What is going on, America? What is happening in our backyard, Miami? Aqua Foundation for Women brings together immigration …
VILMA TARAZONA 28 Ago 2018 – 7:02 PM EDT Una organización ideó un sistema para enseñar a los niños inmigrantes sobre sus derechos. A través de un relato adaptado, conocen los pasos de las personas que llegan a Estados Unidos y el complejo entramado legal que los envuelve. Véalo en Univsion aquí.
By Christianna Silva AUG 24, 2018 1:32PM EDT Immigration officers are handcuffing and jailing unaccompanied immigrant detainees on their 18th birthdays, according to a new report by The Miami New Times. Unaccompanied minors who are under 18 have certain protections, like more comfortable living situations and connection to their families, that undocumented immigrants over 18 are not provided. According to Lisa Lehner, an …
By VILMA TARAZONA 24 Ago 2018 – 6:59 PM EDT En vez de ponerlos en manos de familiares o guardianes, muchos jóvenes inmigrantes fueron detenidos y llevados a centros de menores. Según grupos de derechos de migrantes, ICE habría esperado hasta que cumplan los 18 años para luego llevarlos a centros de detención de adultos.
Rev. Candace McKibben, Guest columnist Published 6:44 p.m. ET Aug. 24, 2018 I have heard it diagnosed often in the so-called “information age.” It seems the more we develop the ability to communicate and shrink the globe with awareness of people, places and events, the less we are able to remain focused on important issues that concern us. Information overload …
BY MEGAN CERULLO AUG 23, 2018 | 1:30 PM A teen who fled his native Honduras to seek asylum in the United States, fearing for his life, was housed in a temporary shelter for unaccompanied children until his 18th birthday — at which point he was transferred to a jail cell, his attorney said. On April 8, the day he turned 18, Nolbiz’s …
