‘A Humanitarian Crisis Merits a Humanitarian Response’: AI Justice Calls on Biden Administration to Protect Haitian Refugees

For Immediate Release March 27, 2024 Contact: [email protected] Miami, FL—In recent weeks, the political and humanitarian crisis in Haiti has worsened, leaving more than 160,000 people displaced in the capital of Port-au-Prince and around 1.4 million Haitians on the verge of famine. During this difficult time for the people of Haiti, it is critical that the U.S. government ensure that people fleeing persecution …

‘A Sour Deal’: Congress Must Protect the Right to Seek Asylum and Reject Supplemental Funding Proposal

February 5, 2024 For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected]   MIAMI, FL—Yesterday, after months of closed-door negotiations, a small group of Senators released the bill text for proposed legislation that would gut the U.S. asylum system in exchange for short-term foreign aid funding. Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) strongly opposes the proposed changes to asylum and border policy announced over the …

‘Abusive and Unlawful’: Immigrants’ Rights Groups Present Allegations to the United Nations on the Short-term Enforced Disappearance of Migrants in DHS Custody and as a Consequence of U.S. Border Policies

February 1, 2024 For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected] GENEVA—Today, seven immigrants’ rights organizations—Americans for Immigrant Justice, the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project (FIRRP), Al Otro Lado, RAICES, Haitian Bridge Alliance, Human Rights First, and the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)—presented their concerns to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) concerning the short-term enforced disappearance …

Americans for Immigrant Justice Calls on President Biden and the U.S. Congress to Protect Asylum and Immigrant Communities

December 11, 2023 For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected] MIAMI, FL — Americans for Immigrant Justice is deeply concerned by new reports that the White House is considering drastic and highly politicized changes to asylum policy to secure Congressional support for its supplemental funding request. These contemplated changes seek to eliminate access to asylum by heightening the legal standard for initial fear …

Congress Must Protect Asylum Standards in Ongoing Budget Negotiations

November 29, 2023 For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. – As a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators continue negotiations on President Biden’s supplemental funding request this week, immigrants’ rights groups are continuing to urge lawmakers to safeguard critical asylum protections and reject all proposals in the supplemental funding bill that deny access to immigration pathways.  Rather than limit longstanding U.S. asylum policy that has …

Immigrants’ Rights Groups Demand Suspension of Deportation Flights to Haiti

September 26, 2023 For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected] MIAMI, FL — Today, 74 immigrants’ and human rights organizations across the country sent a letter to the Biden administration decrying the government’s refusal to implement the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) non-return advisory for Haiti. To uplift the letter’s demands, Florida and National organizations held a press conference calling on …

Americans for Immigrant Justice on Biden Administration’s Redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela

For Immediate Release September 21, 2023 Contact: [email protected] MIAMI — Yesterday, the Biden Administration announced a number of new measures which greatly increase access to work authorization and temporary status for certain individuals. Among these measures are the extension and redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). With this announcement, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who arrived in the United States before July 31, 2023, …

Americans for Immigrant Justice Comment on 2023 DACA Ruling, Calls for Protection for Dreamers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASES September 21, 2023 Contact: [email protected] MIAMI, FL — On Wednesday, September 13, a federal judge ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program unlawful—stating that only Congress and not the Executive Branch can pass DACA-like legislation. The Biden Administration is expected to appeal the decision. Current DACA recipients are not immediately impacted and may continue to …

Immigrants’ Rights Groups Release Groundbreaking Report, Recommendations for Increasing Fairness in the Family Expedited Management Process (FERM) Through a Family-Centered Approach

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 7, 2023 Contact: [email protected] MIAMI — Today, Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) and Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice released a groundbreaking report on the Family Expedited Removal Management (FERM) program, a new fast-tracked process introduced by the Biden administration in May 2023 for families who enter the United States seeking asylum. Drawing …

Groups File Motion in Lawsuit to Block Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1718

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 …