A Guatemalan man detained last month in New Bedford after immigration agents used an axe to break through his car window is still being held at a New Hampshire detention facility despite a judge’s order to dismiss his case. Juan Francisco Méndez was expected to be released last Thursday after Immigration Court Judge Donald Ostrom […]
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Guatemalan man detained in New Bedford due to be released after judge’s order
Immigration Court Judge Donald Ostrom said he was dismissing a case against Juan Francisco Méndez because immigration authorities had failed to properly file the necessary paperwork to charge him, according to his attorney, Ondine Galvez-Sniffin. In court, Galvez-Sniffin said, the the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was unable to account for itself when asked about […]
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Federal judge in R.I. temporarily halts deportation of Venezuelan man to Salvadoran prison
A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted the deportation of a Venezuelan man who lives in Rhode Island. Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose issued an order stating that the man cannot be removed “outside the District of Rhode Island without providing the Court with at least 48 hours’ advance notice of […]
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‘Tienes que seguir adelante’: Cómo un arresto infame de ICE cambió la vida de una familia
Click here to read in English. Marilú Domingo Ortiz dice que Lunes, abril 14, comenzó como cualquier otro día. “Mi esposa tenía una cita en la clínica con el dentista, estábamos yendo por la cita”, Marilú dijo. Marilú dice que ella y su esposo, Juan Francisco Méndez, fueron detenidos mientras estaban manejando por la calle […]
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‘I need to keep fighting’: How an ICE arrest changed one New Bedford family
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Marilú Domingo Ortiz says Monday, April 14, started like any other uneventful weekday. “My husband had a dentist appointment which we were driving to,” said Marilú. Marilú says she and her husband, Juan Francisco Méndez, were stopped while driving on Tallman Street in New Bedford. That’s where two […]
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Crowd protests ICE activity outside Rhode Island Hospital
A crowd of about 85 protesters gathered outside Rhode Island Hospital on Thursday afternoon in response to an alert, sent out by local activists, that federal agents tased a person they were trying to apprehend. The alert said the detainee had been taken to the hospital for their injuries. According to Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s […]
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ACLU affiliates sue to challenge student visa revocations in New England
The ACLU of Rhode Island, joined by other affiliates in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, and Puerto Rico, and law firm Shaheen & Gordon, has filed a class action lawsuit in federal court to try to stop the revocation of over 100 F-1 student visas in New England. Gilles Bissonnette, legal director of the ACLU of […]
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Trump administration targets Brown University with visa revocations
One student at Brown on a student visa and a “small number” of recent alumni on post-graduate student visas have had their visas revoked. That’s according to an email obtained by The Public’s Radio sent by the Brown University Office of International Student and Scholar Services to its international students and scholars. “We recognize that […]
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New Providence bishop speaks out for immigrants, champions social justice
As leader of the Church in the most Catholic state in the nation, the Bishop of Providence has a bully pulpit. Bishop Bruce Lewandowski clearly intends to use it, vowing to be a voice of moral authority here in Rhode Island, in a moment when many feel a profound sense of despair, traumatized by sudden, […]
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Trump administration revokes visa for RISD student
According to a campus-wide announcement published Monday by Rhode Island School of Design President Crystal Williams, an undergraduate student has had their visa revoked. “A revocation of one’s student status is rare, personally and professionally impactful, and especially heartbreaking,” she said in her statement. Williams wrote that the RISD’s Office of International Students and Scholar […]
