MIAMI – “What’s next?” is the question on the minds of thousands of Floridians today after President Obama’s announcement Thursday night of an executive order regarding the future of as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants. As many as 900,000 people living in Florida could be affected, according to the Urban Institute. While the order delaying deportations isn’t a permanent …
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO EXPEDITE FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOR SOME HAITIANS – THE NEW YORK TIMES
By ERIK ECKHOLM OCTOBER 17, 2014 The Obama administration said Friday that starting in 2015 it would reduce the lengthy delays facing thousands of Haitians who have already been approved to join family members in the United States and become legal permanent residents. Currently, American citizens or permanent residents living in this country may apply for a residency visa, known as a …
US COURTS OVERCROWDED WITH ‘ROCKET DOCKET’ MIGRANT KIDS – VOICES OF AMERICA
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HARROWING STORIES FROM CENTRAL AMERICAN CHILDREN NOW LIVING IN FLORIDA
BY ALFONSO CHARDY Tens of thousands of children who fled Central America expected to find refuge in the United States, but instead wound up in ice-cold detention cells with little food and no showers and were then put in deportation proceedings, according to a new report. “The journey was awful,” the document quotes Maria, one of the children, as saying …
WOMEN IN LAW: WOMEN HONORED FOR SOUTH FLORIDA LEGAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS – DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
The Daily Business Review is pleased to present the Women in Law recognition program—a selection of accomplished women who have made a mark in the South Florida legal community. Cheryl Little, executive director of Americans for Immigrant Justice, has spent her entire legal career advocating for immigrants’ rights. Read more: http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/id=1202672882549/Cheryl-Little#ixzz3GF3ML18E latest
AI JUSTICE CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT TO STOP PLANS FOR NEW PRIVATELY-RUN DETENTION CENTER FOR FAMILIES
September 29, 2014 – AI Justice Calls for Government to Stop Plans for New Privately-Run Detention Center for Families Statement from AI Justice Executive Director, Cheryl Little, Esq. Miami, FL – Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it will contract with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a private prison company, to open a 2,400 bed facility in remote Dilley, …
BACKLOG OF CHILDREN’S IMMIGRATION CASES CHALLENGES JUDGES, LAWYERS AND SCHOOLS – PBS NEWSHOUR
by April Brown “Cindy,” a very slight young woman with long brown hair, sits on a bench looking out at Miami’s Biscayne Bay. The serenity here is profoundly different from the violence she left behind in Honduras. Cindy, who asked the NewsHour not to use her real name, said she fled an abusive home at 14 and lived on her own …
TOP 20 WOMEN IN LAW: DBR RECOGNIZES SOUTH FLORIDA ACHIEVERS
September 11, 2014 The Daily Business Review’s Top 20 Women in Law recognition program honors a diverse selection of accomplished women who have made a mark in the South Florida legal community. More than 80 candidates from law firms, courts, other public agencies, education and public interest law were reviewed as part of the selection process for the inaugural program. …
NOMBRAN MAS JUECES EN FLORIDA PARA ENFRENTAR CRISIS MIGRATORIA – EL SENTINEL
Sin conocer el sistema legal estadounidense o el idioma inglés, miles de niños y jóvenes que han llegado al sur de Florida huyendo de la violencia en Centroamérica podrían ahora tener que resolver sus casos de asilo sin la ayuda de un abogado. Muchos de estos menores recién cruzaron la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos sin compañía adulta, después …
RELIGIOUS LEADERS, IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES VOICE CONCERNS FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN IN FLA. – LOCAL 10
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