Florida immigrants who face persecution or severe threats if sent back to their countries of origin may seek to pursue political asylum claims when challenging deportation. The policy of separating immigrant parents from their children in detention has unleashed a...
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Judge asks feds, ACLU to create asylum plan for migrant families
by banukumar.s@thomsonreuters.com | Aug 23, 2018 | Asylum
Florida readers may be interested to learn that a U.S. district judge has asked the U.S. government to team with the American Civil Liberties Union to develop an asylum solution for migrant families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. The request was made on...
Judge orders immigrants returned to United States
by banukumar.s@thomsonreuters.com | Aug 15, 2018 | Asylum
Those who seek asylum in the United States may have the right to remain in Florida or other states while their cases are pending. On Aug. 9, a judge ordered the Trump administration to halt the deportation of a mother and child who were battling to stay in the...
Supreme Court ruling causes judges to throw out deportation cases
by banukumar.s@thomsonreuters.com | Aug 15, 2018 | Firm News
A Supreme Court ruling from June is causing some judges to refuse to enforce deportation orders and to invalidate deportation cases. Immigration attorneys are arguing that the court decision set a precedent which applies to many deportation cases.The Supreme Court...
ACLU files lawsuit against government on asylum issues
by banukumar.s@thomsonreuters.com | Aug 9, 2018 | Asylum
Florida immigration advocates may have heard that, on Aug. 7, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the government for not offering asylum to 12 parents and children. The lawsuit argues that the decision of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to refuse asylum to victims...
Abuse and sedation reported at child detention centers
by banukumar.s@thomsonreuters.com | Aug 2, 2018 | Immigration Detention
Immigration detention practices in Florida and across the United States continue to make controversial headlines in 2018. In late July, a federal district judge ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to release all minors detained at a center in Texas...
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