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Haitian deportation process is unfair

Local Haitian Community Riled By Deportations: 13 from Miami Deported, 1 Dead

Unlike their Cuban neighbors, Haitians are once again subject to deportation -- at least those with criminal records.​They are all but nameless, at least for now. Of the 27 Haitians deported to Port-au-Prince late last month by the Obama administration, only one's name has been publicly released - ... More >>

Updated: Confusion Over Haitian Deportations After Victim's Fiance Blames US Gov For Death

Claudine Magloire mourns the recent death of her husband, Wildrick Guerrier​Between sobs, Haitian-American Claudine Magloire accused the U.S. government of responsibility in the death of her late fiancé, Wildrick Guerrier.Guerrier was deported to Haiti on January 20 despite complaining of stomach ... More >>

Florida immigration bill would give white folks a pass

Claudine Magloire mourns the recent death of her husband, Wildrick Guerrier​Between sobs, Haitian-American Claudine Magloire accused the U.S. government of responsibility in the death of her late fiancé, Wildrick Guerrier.Guerrier was deported to Haiti on January 20 despite complaining of stomach ... More >>

Florida's Arizona-Style Immigration Bill Would Give Canadians, Europeans a Free Pass

Florida's new immigration bill would let guys like this off the hook, papers or not.​Florida state Rep. William Snyder, the slow-drawling ex-Miami-Dade Police officer who has drafted Tallahassee's version of the hotly debated Arizona immigration bill, is adamant that his law would not lead to raci ... More >>

Miami's Mentally Disabled Immigrants Abused by Court System, Report Says

Inside the Krome Detention Center, mentally disabled inmates often go to court with no lawyers.​When Allison Kent met her new client at the Krome Detention Center -- a Haitian man she now calls Mike C. -- he had already been found incompetent in a criminal trial, and for good reason: Mike C. had a ... More >>

Soledad O'Brien Peddles Documentary in Hot Pink Dress and Killer Heels

The University of Miami's Cosford Cinema's breezeway was decorated with a sweet Bacardi cocktail layout last night. High tables were dressed in green and orange hues of the "U." Nearly 200 people came to catch a sneak peak of CNN's Soledad O'Brien's newest documentary, Rescued. The one-hour doc des ... More >>

Arizona-Style Immigration Rules Threatening In Miami, Advocates Warn

On Friday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed an immigration bill into law that would be the laughingstock of the nation if it weren't so damned disturbing. Advocates say cooperation between ICE and local cops scares South Florida immigrants.​Essentially, it legalizes racial profiling by allowi ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of July 16, 2009

“Von Hautman won’t be left exposed and impoverished. A guy like this always finds another victim.”

Illegal Immigrant Crackdown

Can you say "profiling"?

Report: Women Horribly Neglected in Florida's Immigration Jails

Marlene Jaggernauth had been a legal U.S. resident for 27 years when the ICE agents came knocking on her door in 2003. Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsThey arrested the Trinidad native on a shoplifting charge from six years earlier, took her from her four young children, and moved her from county jail to ... More >>

Now, Shame for the Amendment We Didn't Pass

Marlene Jaggernauth had been a legal U.S. resident for 27 years when the ICE agents came knocking on her door in 2003. Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsThey arrested the Trinidad native on a shoplifting charge from six years earlier, took her from her four young children, and moved her from county jail to ... More >>

Haitians Sent Home

Refugees fled slavery, slaughter, and starvation, and got rejected.

In the Kids' Corner

"They were talking about how they survived by drinking salt water mixed with toothpaste."

Glamour, Grit, and Gall

Miami International Film Festival goes for the big picture

This Week's Day by Day Picks

Miami International Film Festival goes for the big picture

A Prefab Demonstration

Trying to ride the Haitian refugee-issue buzz, Sharpton kept referring to Elian as "Little Efrain"

Letters from the Issue of November 21, 2002

Haitians yearning to breathe free -- in Miami

Little Goes A Long Way

Immigration attorney Cheryl Little spent years banging her head against INS bureaucracy, until a Haitian boat cracked it open

The Accidental Terrorist

He stumbled into a group of Muslim extremists with plans to attack America. Then he stumbled into Miami. Today Shaheed Mohamed is nowhere to be found.

The Girl with the Tonton Heart

Years after the Haitian diaspora, Papa and Baby Doc's children are still wandering

Used, Abused, and Forgotten

What happens when you muster the courage to complain that you've been sexually assaulted at an INS facility? Not much.

Orphans of the State

For countless undocumented immigrant kids, America is not the land of puppies and Disney trips, but the land of neglect

Free the Felon!

A Sixties-style radical shakes his behind at old-style protesters, and police go crazy

Cleaning Up Krome

Lawyers Tina Fassnacht and Stacy Taeuber are all-purpose advocates at the West Dade immigrant camp

The Catalyst

Marleine Bastien -- activist, social worker, songwriter, mother -- is helping to lead the resurgence of South Florida's Haitian political agenda

Night & Day

October 15 - 21, 1998

A Shock to the System

Ouch! INS prisoners claim they were tortured with electroshock riot shields.

Letters

Ouch! INS prisoners claim they were tortured with electroshock riot shields.

Welcome to America. Now Go Home.

Granted sweeping new powers by Congress, the INS is quickly earning a global reputation for cruel and capricious conduct at Miami International Airport

Strange Man in a Strange Land

Mauricio Pavez came from Chile to Florida as a tourist. One mugging and eight months later, he refuses to leave.

Cause For Return

Haitian radio host Marcus Garcia's work in Miami is done. It's time for him to go home.

A Prisoner of Circumstance

Rachel Better never worried about her stateless status until the INS locked her up. Then it was too late.

Go On, Beat It! We Really Mean It This Time!

As Congress works to curb illegal immigration, a new INS regulation targets aliens who are already here