By Nathan Hale, Law 360 Detainees at three Florida facilities have slammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s bid to escape an order requiring it to improve conditions and limit transfers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the Florida federal court’s ruling was justified and more recent events only reinforce that conclusion. Responding Monday to ICE’s motion for reconsideration of the June …
Octavio
Octavio, his U.S. citizen wife, and his family were robbed and assaulted at gunpoint. He cooperated with the police and later testified against his attackers at trial, resulting in their convictions. Unfortunately, when Octavio was headed to the hospital to seek treatment for his family, he was stopped and arrested for driving without a license. He was then transferred to …
ICE asks federal judge to undo court order that mandates masks and soap, limits transfers
By Monique O. Madan, The Miami Hearald U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has asked a federal judge to undo an order she issued last month requiring the agency to give soap, cleaning supplies and masks to detainees at three South Florida detention centers. The June 6 mandate — which also strictly limits ICE transfers to other facilities and bars COVID-19-positive …
ICE unlawfully jails unaccompanied migrant children once they turn 18, judge rules
By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post A federal judge ruled Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has unlawfully transferred thousands of unaccompanied children who turned 18 to adult detention facilities without considering alternatives, in violation of a 2013 law. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras of Washington, D.C., said he will order changes “in the near future” after a …
ICE sigue transfiriendo detenidos en todo el país, lo que lleva a brotes de COVID-19
Los inmigrantes comenzaron a mostrar síntomas a fines de abril, aproximadamente una semana después de llegar al centro de detención de Rolling Plains en Haskell, Texas. Habían sido retenidos en dormitorios con otras transferencias recientes, según un funcionario del condado. Los primeros tres detenidos dieron positivo por COVID-19. Luego 20 más. Hasta el viernes, 41 inmigrantes detenidos en Rolling Plains …
Hombre peruano con condiciones preexistentes liberado de la custodia de ICE durante la pandemia de COVID-19
En noviembre de 2019, un juez de inmigración otorgó la salida voluntaria a Alejandro, un hombre peruano de treinta y tres años con epilepsia y una afección cardíaca. Alejandro no pudo abandonar los EE. UU. Debido a sus afecciones médicas, y Sawyeh Esmaili, miembro de AI Justice Justice Works de Igualdad, presentó una Suspensión en su nombre en febrero de …
Luis
Luis, 32, was born in the Dominican Republic, but lived in the United States as a permanent resident for nearly three decades. Growing up, he had an abusive stepfather, and he had trouble with the law. After a second suicide attempt at age 23, he was finally diagnosed with schizophrenia. Afterward, he made remarkable progress through holistic counseling, psychiatric care, …
ICE tells federal judge the court has no authority over its detention practices
By Monique O. Madan, The Miami Herald U.S. immigration officials have told a Miami federal judge that the court has no authority over how the government chooses to detain and release immigration detainees, and that filing twice-weekly accountability reports to the court would be “unduly burdensome.” Over the weekend, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed a response objecting to a …
Marlene
Marlene was detained by ICE for 11 months and was deported even after AI Justice took her case to the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. She spent three long years in Trinidad separated from her family. Ultimately AI Justice won her case in 2005, fought to get her back to the United States, and then successfully challenged an appeal …
Americans for Immigrant Justice pide la liberación inmediata de todos los inmigrantes detenidos del Centro de transición de Broward
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA 26 de marzo de 2020 Contacto: Ariela Moscowitz [email protected] / 305-573-1106 x 1100 MIAMI – Más de 700 inmigrantes actualmente detenidos en el Centro de Transición de Broward (BTC) tienen alzó la voz para llamar la atención sobre el grave estado de higiene y atención médica en el centro de detención . Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI …