Archive for the ‘Undocumented Immigrants’ Category
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
In an apparent bid to draw Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano’s attention toward the prevailing inhumane conditions at the South Louisiana Correctional Facility in Basile, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and several other human rights and civil liberties organizations sent a letter to her. The letter ...
Posted in Basile Facility, Conditions at Detention Centers, Hunger Strikes, Immigrants' Right Project, New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
To alleviate the sufferings of destitute children who are facing immigration problems, lawyers for the nonprofit Gulfcoast Legal Services (GLS) announced a children’s immigration legal defense program. Mariam Ahmedani, one of the two Gulfcoast attorneys who handle children’s immigration issues, state that every year approximately 6,000 to 8,000 children enter ...
Posted in Abuse, Children's Immigration Issues, Department of Children & Families, Florida Bar Association, Foster Care, GLS Child, Guardian Ad Litem Program, Gulfcoast Legal Services, Hillsborough Community College, Turbulent Issues, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Friday, July 31st, 2009
To address the growing concerns raised by recent news articles, and reports about the deplorable conditions in immigration detention centers, two important bills were introduced in the Senate. Through these legislations, the Senate seeks to fix U.S. broken immigration detention system by placing proper due process protection mechanisms for immigrants ...
Posted in Due Process Protections, Immigrants in Detention, Immigration Reforms Legislations, Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Detention Act, Safe Treatment Avoiding Needless Deaths and Abuse Reduction in the Detention System, Senate Bills, Senator Robert Menendez, Strong STANDARDS Act, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Pronouncing an important order, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that county prosecutors may seek bail increases on illegal aliens charged with crimes who they believe once proven face imminent deportation. In this case, the state highest court in a unanimous ruling sanctioned the actions of the Morris County Prosecutor’s ...
Posted in Bail, Change in Circumstances, Child Molestation Charges, Detainer, New Jersey Supreme Court, Prosecutor's Office, Unanimious Ruling, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Despite claims by immigration detention authorities that adequate medical care is given to alien detainees, on July 24, 2009, one more death is reported from South Carolina hospital. The deceased has been identified as Vera Stojka, a 55-year-old Czech Republic national being held on immigration violation. He was admitted to ...
Posted in Columbia Care Regional Center, Consulate General, Czech Republic, Detainees Death, Immigration Violations, South Carolina Hospital, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Although some positive recent adjustments made to immigration system but many alien men, women and children in immigration detention facilities are held in unacceptable conditions and in many cases, their rights to due process are compromised, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Rapporteurship. The Rapporteuship on the ...
Posted in Attorney-Client Booths, Civil Society Organizations, Due Process Issues, Florence Service Processing Center, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Maricopa County Jail, OAS General Assembly, Organization of American States, Pinal County Jail, Preliminary Observations, Rapporteurship, Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
To avoid media glare and reduce the incidence of public outcry, the Obama administration appears to be changing its immigration enforcement strategies. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has changed the way it tackles illegal immigration and shifted its focus on employers. The present administration is cautious about its image ...
Posted in De Facto Amnesty, ICE's Audit, ImmigrationWorks USA, Tackle Illegal Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Workplace Raids | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Obama or Bush doesn’t matter, immigration prosecutions are increasing, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), April 2009 registered a steep rise in immigration prosecution nearly 8.5% compared to last month. TRAC obtained certain documents under the Freedom of Information Act from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys ...
Posted in Criminal Immigration Prosecution, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, Federal Criminal Prosecutions, Guard County's Borders, Immigration Prosecution, Lead Charges, Magistrate Cases, Removal, U.S. Magistrate Courts | No Comments »
Monday, July 20th, 2009
The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) released a narrative thought piece titled “A Conversation about the Economic Effects of Immigrantion on African Americans.” In the critique, the author is having a conversation with one Sarah, an African American who has lot of misconceptions such as undocumented aliens taking jobs from Americans, ...
Posted in Academic Researchers, African American Studies, Bankruptcy, Black Men's Employment, Dr. Economist, Janitorial Services, Large Scale Statistics, Lobbying, public Services, Supply and Demand, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Monday, July 20th, 2009
Not all immigration detention centers present harrowing scenes, as far as detainees at Children’s Village are concerned, they spend their days in cheerful rooms painted in vibrant hues of pink and green and decorated with potted plants. The New York Times carried a story of Jose, a 17 year undocumented ...
Posted in Catholic Charities, Children's Village, Dobbs Ferry, Foster Care, Immigrant Youth in Westchester County, Mexican Government, Oaxaca Region, Speeding Ticket, Unaccompanied Minors, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
