For Immediate Release August 8, 2023 Contact: [email protected] MIAMI – Today, legal organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and American Immigration Council, filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block Section 10 of Florida’s draconian anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718. In a lawsuit, filed on July 17, the …
Immigrant Rights Advocates Welcome Court Ruling Against Pres. Biden’s Asylum Ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2023 Contact: [email protected] MIAMI, FLORIDA—Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that the Biden Administration’s asylum ban violates U.S. law. The asylum ban was a key policy in Biden’s post-COVID era border response and had been in place since May 12, 2023. Under the now-defunct rule, asylum seekers had to obtain an appointment through the flawed CBP …
Civil Rights and Legal Advocates File Lawsuit Against Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1718
For Immediate Release: July 17, 2023 Contact: [email protected] The complaint challenges the constitutionality of a provision within the law criminalizing the transportation of individuals into Florida MIAMI – Today, legal organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice and American Immigration Council, filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new anti-immigrant …
Legal Advocates to File Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2023 Media Contact: [email protected] MIAMI – The Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and American Immigration Council have announced they will file a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s draconian Senate Bill 1718, which goes into effect today, July 1. The groups are suing, charging the discriminatory anti-immigrant law …
Immigrant Rights Advocates Oppose Extension of Biden Administration’s Asylum Ban to Include Maritime Arrivals
For Immediate Release June 16, 2023 Contact: [email protected] Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, 69 civil, human rights, faith-based, and immigrants’ rights groups submitted a joint comment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in opposition to the proposed extension of the Biden administration’s asylum ban to include maritime arrivals. The extension further restricts asylum access …
Citing ‘Systemic Due Process Barriers,’ Human & Immigrant Rights Groups Call on Pres. Biden to Immediately Stop Conducting Credible Fear Interviews in CBP Custody
Groups urge the Biden administration to ensure that asylum seekers are given full and fair access to the U.S. asylum system, including meaningful access to counsel FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2023 Contact: [email protected] Washington D.C. – One hundred and twelve civil, human rights, faith-based, and immigration groups sent a letter to the Biden administration to condemn the return to a Trump-era …
Biden Administration Must Defend Due Process, Change Course on Deterrence Goals
Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) welcomes the end of Title 42, denounces the Biden Administration’s asylum ban, and uplifts opportunity for compassionate immigration policy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] Miami, FL (May 11, 2023) — For the past three years, the ability to access asylum in the United States has been effectively shut down by the Title 42 public health …
Statement on Eleventh Circuit Ruling in City of South Miami v. DeSantis
For Immediate Release: April 14, 2023 Media Contact: [email protected] MIAMI — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Americans for Immigrant Justice released the following statements in response to the Eleventh Circuit decision in the City of South Miami, et al. v. DeSantis, et al., a case challenging Florida’s law prohibiting sanctuary policies and requiring local police to act as …
AI Justice’s Shalyn Fluharty Responds to President Biden’s Proposed Asylum Ban, Calls on Government to Protect Asylum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2023 Media Contact: [email protected] Miami, FL – This week, the Biden administration published its proposed rule limiting asylum eligibility for migrants seeking safety in the United States. Shalyn Fluharty, executive director of Americans for Immigrant Justice, made the following statement: “The U.S. government has a moral and legal obligation to provide a fair opportunity to …
RECORDING: Advocates Respond to DeSantis’ Cruel Relocation Program, Call on Governor to “Extend a Hand of Love”
For Immediate Release: February 16, 2023 Media Contact: [email protected] TALLAHASSEE – On Thursday, Feb. 16, Florida and national leaders responded to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature’s decision to create an expanded relocation program that will allow the Florida Division of Emergency Management (“DEM”) and law enforcement to hunt and target migrants anywhere in the U.S., including Florida, and …