Americans for Immigrant Justice’s News

Americans for Immigrant Justice shines a light on the emerging and pervasive issues that affect immigrants and their loved ones. To learn more, read some of our recent news coverage.

2025

3/31/2025 Miami’s ICE Detention Center Holding Twice Its Capacity Amid Crackdown, Detainees Subjected to Inhumane Conditions: Report
3/28/2025 ‘Inhumane:’ Overcrowding strains Krome detention center amid Trump’s immigrant crackdown
3/23/2025 Overcrowding plagues detention units amid Trump’s immigration blitz
3/20/2025 In Sarasota, border czar Homan says ‘we’re saving lives’ under Trump’s immigration policy
3/14/2025 Agentes policiales locales deben cooperar con ICE. Lo que esto podría significar para el público
3/13/2025 A Legacy of Justice – Sisters of the Humility of Mary
3/6/2025 What Are Your Rights If You Are Approached By An ICE Agent?
2/27/2025 Dozens of Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration: Don’t Quit…but Don’t Do Your Job Either!
2/21/2025 Trump takes away legal representation for unaccompanied minor immigrants
2/20/2025 Migrants held at Guantanamo now allowed to phone attorneys, filing says
2/20/2025 Trump administration has cleared migrants out of Guantánamo Bay
2/18/2025 Tracking Executive Orders & Lawsuits Filed Against Trump/Vance/Musk Administration
2/13/2025 Why Families of Three Venezuelans Sent to Guantánamo are Suing the U.S. Government
2/13/2025 Immigrant Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration Claiming Communication With Migrants Taken to Guantanamo Has Been Cut Off
2/6/2025 ‘Know your rights’: South Florida immigration advocates create rapid response hotline
2/5/2025 AIJ endorsed the No Ban Act, posted on Congresswoman Judy Chu’s website
1/28/205 Cómo siguen las deportaciones en Miami y las redadas masivas en Florida
1/28/2025 Immigration package passes both Florida House and Senate
1/27/2025 what we do now: If we unplug, they win. Here are nine things to do instead.
1/25/2025 Jim discusses Trump’s migrant crackdown with Sui Chung of Americans for Immigration Justice
1/24/2025 Trump’s immigration policies spark deportation fear in South Florida
1/23/2025 Advocates in South Florida remind immigrants of their rights amid Trump crackdown
1/23/2025 Florida immigration attorneys get more calls for help amid Trump’s crackdown
1/23/2025 Florida advocacy groups urge immigrants without legal status to know their rights
1/22/2025 Advocacy groups detail rights immigrants have after President Trump’s plan for ICE raids
1/22/2025 ‘Stay focused’ — Advocacy groups urge immigrants without legal status to know their rights
1/20/2025 Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to
1/13/2025 DV & SA Coalition Sign-On opposing HR30
1/13/2025 FFLA distributes $93 million in IOTA funds to 35 legal aid organizations
1/9/2025 Advocates pen letter to Houston government on intimate partner violence

2024

11/22/2024 Trump Poised to Take a Page Out of Ron DeSantis’ Immigration Playbook: ‘Make America Florida’
11/21/2024 Mourning Without Space To Do So: Finding Routes Toward Healing After The U.S. Presidential Election
11/20/2024 Nearly 200 groups urge Biden to release migrants, close detention centers before Trump arrives
11/13/2024 Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to
11/08/2024 It’s time to circle the wagons
10/22/2024 Ley SB 1718 sobre migración de Florida no fue “pausada” por DeSantis tras huracanes de 2024
10/15/2024 Trump’s proposed mass deportations could ‘decimate’ the US food supply
9/25/2024 Where fates are decided: Miami’s immigration courts are microcosm of South Florida
8/23/2024 Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status
8/1/2024 Fast-track asylum programs are hurting migrant families in need
6/6/2024 How Ron DeSantis’s ‘chilling’ anti-immigration law hurts Florida workers
5/24/2024 El juez “revalúa” su decisión de bloquear la ley que penaliza el transporte de indocumentados a Florida
5/23/2024 Federal judge blocks key part of 2023 Florida immigration law
5/23/2024 Juez federal bloquea temporalmente que la Florida penalice el transporte de indocumentados
5/23/2024 Judge backtracks after blocking Florida law criminalizing transport of undocumented migrants
5/22/2024 Federal judge blocks key part of DeSantis anti-immigration law
5/22/2024 Florida can’t enforce law criminalizing transportation of undocumented immigrants, judge rules
5/22/2024 Ley SB 1718 de Florida: juez federal bloquea temporalmente que el gobierno de Ron DeSantis penalice el transporte de indocumentados
5/22/2024 Federal judge blocks part of Florida immigration law
4/18/2024 Susana Barciela, a Miami writer turned champion for immigrant justice, dies at 66
4/18/2024 Biden administration resumes deportation flights to Haiti amid ongoing violence
3/16/2024 Ankle Monitors and Curfews: Inside Biden’s New Tracking System for Migrant Families
2/27/2024 WLRN’s Daniel Rivero wins human rights award from Americans for Immigrant Justice
2/12/2024 Fla. Migrant Transport Suit Halted For Injunction Ruling
2/9/2024 No Need For Anonymity In Fla. Immigration Suit, Judge Rules
1/11/2024 A message to the Biden administration: Halt deportations to Haiti now | Opinion
 
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