immigration detention

By 1976, an estimated 1,500 Haitians had arrived in South Florida by boat. Even amid widespread repression and persecution at home, successive U.S. governments categorically denied Haitians were asking for political asylum. In the third episode of Detention By Design, we look at how the Cold War shaped immigration detention in the late 1970s - with those fleeing Communist regimes being granted asylum, while Haitians were being thrown in jail.

The ACLU of Florida and law clinics from around the state are attempting to provide legal assistance to ICE detainees, but are being turned away.

'They looked at the United States as a land of freedom. They were going to come and be free - and what they found was not that.' WLRN News’ podcast Detention By Design explores how the waves of refugees that started coming to South Florida 50 years ago shaped the current immigration and detention system in the U.S. Reporter Danny Rivero joins Sundial Now to discuss this project.

'They looked at the United States as a land of freedom. They were going to come and be free - and what they found was not that.' WLRN News’ podcast Detention By Design explores how the waves of refugees that started coming to South Florida 50 years ago shaped the current immigration and detention system in the U.S. Reporter Danny Rivero joins Sundial Now to discuss this project.

The Department of Homeland Security will limit its use of Glades Detention Center.

A South Florida detention center for immigrants in federal custody has been accused of deleting surveillance footage of its facilities, in violation of federal record-keeping regulations, according to two national watchdog organizations.

Since the campaign trail, President Biden has said he wants to close privately run immigrant detention centers. But immigrant advocates say his administration isn't following through on his promises.

Thousands of homeowners will be losing their home insurance right before hurricane season. The pandemic's impact on college enrollment. Plus, a look inside immigration detention centers.

A life lived traveling to the home country of her ancestors led to Gabriela Garcia’s debut novel — 'Of Women and Salt' — this month’s Sundial Book Club title.

Are you ready to say goodbye to your mask? Plus, Sundial's Book Club looking at the relationships women have with their mothers and ancestors. And a discussion of when rescuing a bird doesn’t go as planned.

Four migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the United States this week, the secretary of Homeland Security announced.

The ACLU wants the Biden administration to close dozens of immigration detention facilities, citing the historically low number of immigrants in detention and the high cost of paying for empty beds.