BY ALFONSO CHARDY MAR 05, 2017 [email protected] Before the sun peeked above the horizon, dozens of day laborers gathered in the parking lot of a Little Havana Home Depot one morning last week waiting to be picked up to build our homes, mow our lawns or pick the fruits and vegetables we eat. Similar scenes played out at many parking lots …
WHAT HAS TRUMP REALLY ACCOMPLISHED? – POLITICO
BY MICHAEL GRUNWALD FEB 28, 2017 For all the sound and fury of his first 39 days in office, President Donald Trump has not yet dismantled President Obama’s health reforms, Wall Street regulations, or climate rules. He hasn’t started overhauling America’s tax code, rehabbing America’s infrastructure, or building a border wall. But even though Trump has done less to change federal …
ATTORNEYS TAKE CALLS, DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION DUE TO FEARS OVER NEW IMMIGRATION ORDERS – LOCAL10
FEB 22, 2017 Watch the story here: http://www.local10.com/news/attorneys-take-calls-distribute-information-due-to-fears-over-new-immigration-orders-
COLLEGE DREAMS DASHED BY A 17-YEAR-OLD IMMIGRATION PAPERWORK MISTAKE – THE MIAMI HERALD
BY KYRA GURNEY [email protected] When Fort Lauderdale high school senior Minaldy Cadet got his acceptance letter from Boston College in March, he thought the life he had dreamed of was finally within reach. “It was incredible. One of the best feelings ever,” Cadet recalled. “As soon as I saw their email, as soon as I opened it up and read the …
JÓVENES INDOCUMENTADOS PROBARON LA LIBERTAD Y AHORA EL AZOTE DEL MIEDO – EL NUEVO HERALD
BRENDA MEDINA [email protected] A punto de graduarse con su licenciatura en química en el 2012, las posibilidades de empleo para Tomás Pendola parecían nulas. La Universidad Saint Thomas le dio media beca y sus padres se esforzaron para pagar la otra mitad de los estudios. Pero Pendola no podía trabajar. Al menos no legalmente. Llegó a Estados Unidos en el …
THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL CRITICALLY NEED SUPPORT DURING TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY – HUFFINGTON POST
We need to consider where we’re allocating money, time and energy AI Justice was listed as one of a handful of organizations that “are crucial in the fight for the rights of those most likely to be under attack when President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence take office in January.” Read the article on the Huffington Post here.
IT’S TIME TO UNLEASH THE DREAM – THE HUFFINGTON POST
Cheryl Little On election night I sat with several bright, energetic and hardworking young immigrants, each with boundless promise, who broke down and sobbed uncontrollably. It was heartbreaking. Since the election our phones have been ringing off the hook with calls from immigrant youth terrified that they’re about to be deported. Countless kids all across America have lost hope that …
CELEBRATION & CONCERN AMONG NEW US CITIZENS – CBS MIAMI
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FACING SOUTH FLORIDA: IMMIGRATION CONCERNS SINCE THE ELECTION
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A COMMUNITY UNDER SIEGE – THE HUFFINGTON POST
Cheryl Little, Executive Director, Americans for Immigrant Justice In the past few days, we have heard our new President deliver on many of his promises: close the border, create a massive “deportation force,” ban Muslims from entering our country. The latest blow came yesterday when Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez ordered county jail officials to keep immigrants jailed until Immigration …