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In a unanimous vote taken on July 23, 2018, the city commissioners of Orlando approved a resolution to protect the rights of immigrants. Known as the Trust Act, the resolution prevents city officials, including police officers, from asking immigrants about their legal status during interactions in Orlando. This resolution received support from immigration advocates throughout...Read More

As immigrant children are being reunited with their parents in compliance with a court order issued on June 26, 2018, by U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw, some organizations have voiced concerns that these reunions may be a prelude to mass deportations of both parents and children without further consideration of their requests for asylum....Read More

A federal judge in the state of California rejected an argument by the Trump administration regarding the detention of children and parents at the U.S. border. On July 9, 2018, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee indicated that the government had not provided new evidence supporting its efforts to overturn the Flores agreement established in 1997...Read More

Orlando immigration protesters joined with others across the country to demonstrate their displeasure with the Trump administration’s immigration policies and the cruel practice of separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. While that practice was stopped by an executive order by President Donald Trump, many children are still being held in separate facilities...Read More

A couple from Silicon Valley has raised over $5 million to reunite immigrant families through a fundraising campaign on Facebook. This constitutes the largest fundraising effort ever achieved on the social media network and highlights the public controversy surrounding the forced separation of immigrant parents and children by agents of the Border Patrol and of...Read More

The real cost of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies has been highlighted by two recent deaths. Each of these incidents could have been prevented by more compassionate policies and actions on the part of the U.S. government. For many immigrants, however, the only real protection against harsh treatment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and...Read More

Domestic violence is an issue that affects all parts of our society. For undocumented immigrants, however, it can be even more dangerous. A survey of law enforcement agencies across the U.S. indicated that reporting of domestic violence incidents and other crimes has fallen sharply among communities with large numbers of undocumented workers. Police officers attribute...Read More

Citizenship and the right to remain in the U.S. for recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are at the forefront of discussions in the U.S. House of Representatives. A new petition presented by Representative Carlos Curbelo, a Miami Republican, is intended to provide added impetus to the efforts currently underway to reform the...Read More

The U.S. Diversity Visa Program was instituted under the provisions of the Immigration Act of 1990 and offers 50,000 immigrant visas through a federal lottery to those who might not otherwise be eligible for green-card status in the United States. Recent comments by the Trump administration and President Trump himself, however, have cast serious doubt...Read More

Changes to the way in which Gainesville law enforcement agencies treat those who report crimes in our area could offer added protections to undocumented immigrants. According to Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe, the current city policy requires law enforcement officials to write down the names of all foreign nationals with whom they come into contact. This...Read More