Jiyè 6,2018 1. Administrasyon Trump la te lafòs separe fanmi yo depi Jiyè 2017, kèlkeswa fason yo antre. Lè yo fin fè separasyon, paran yo te deplase nan prizon kriminèl oswa Imigrasyon ak Ladwàn Ranfòsman (ICE) detansyon, ak timoun yo te deziyen kòm timoun ki poukont etranje (UAC) epi yo mete yo nan abri yo gaye toupatou nan peyi a, …
ENFMASYON SOU TÈT YO: SEPARASYON FANMI
Lè yo rive sou fwontyè a, Pedro, yon endijèn timoun 8 zan Gwatemalyen, temwen plizyè ofisye imigrasyon voye papa l ‘nan tè a ak atake l’. Lè Pedro kriye nan ofisye yo sispann, li te chire lwen papa l ‘san yo pa eksplikasyon. Pedro kriye lè li raple ensidan an epi li toujou pa gen okenn lide kote papa l …
CUFFS TOO TIGHT: THE SHACKLING AND EVACUATION OF DETAINED IMMIGRANTS DURING HURRICANE IRMA
Dec. 5, 2017 By: Lily Hartmann, AI Justice Jonathan Demme Human Rights Advocate Masiel, a Costa Rican native and victim of gender-based violence, is waiting out her remaining time in the United States at the Broward Transitional Center (BTC), an immigration detention center in South Florida. She’s agreed to voluntary departure, but her deportation flight won’t be her first experience …
A DAY IN IMMIGRATION COURT
October 27, 2017 By: Lily Hartmann, AI Justice Jonathan Demme Human Rights Advocate I came to AI Justice in early September from Providence, RI, where I worked with refugee community leaders and other stakeholders to support refugee families who had already been given the right to protection here while in their home countries or refugee camps. But the situation for …
REFLECTION ON “BUILDING THE WALL” AND DISCUSSION BETWEEN CHERYL LITTLE AND THE PLAYWRIGHT
October 6, 2017 By: Lily Hartmann, AI Justice Jonathan Demme Human Rights Advocate “Who would want to come to the U.S. now?” asks Rick, a convicted former private prison manager, in his final line of playwright Robert Schenkkan’s BUILDING THE WALL. The play tells the story of an overcrowded Texas immigration detention center where a private prison company prioritizes its …
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USCRI EXPANDS LEGAL SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
Newsletter | Fall 2014 Vol. 18, Issue No. 3 The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) has awarded AI Justice a million dollar one year grant to expand direct legal representation services for Central American unaccompanied minor children after their release from government custody. This is part of a pilot program that targets children’s cases in eight immigration courts …
SPOTLIGHT ON LUCHA
Newsletter | Fall 2014 Vol. 18, Issue No. 3 Did you know that an abuser can use their partner’s immigration status as a tool to exert further power and control in a violent relationship? Abusers may fail to file papers on their spouses’ behalf that would allow them to obtain legal status so that they can continue to abuse them. …