#MarleineBastien

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Rhenie Dalger

Aug 10, 2021
1 min

Marleine Bastien- 2021 African American Achievers Award Recipient for Community Service

Family Action Network Movement (FANM) congratulates its Executive Director, Marleine Bastien, on being named the 2021 winner of the African American Achiever for Community Service. Marleine was the 2020 African American Achiever for Community Service Honoree. Other honorees include: Traci Young-Byron for Arts and Culture, Ken Roland for Business and Entrepreneurism, Danni Washington for Education and Paige Harris the Jerome Edmund Gray Youth Achiever. Marleine Bastien, Execut

DHS Extends TPS Documentation for Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, Sudan, Nicaragua and Nepal.

Rhenie Dalger

Nov 1, 2019
1 min

DHS Extends TPS Documentation for Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, Sudan, Nicaragua and Nepal.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rhenie Dalger Phone: 305-756-8050 Email: rdalger@fanm.org DHS Extends TPS Documentation for Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, Sudan, Nicaragua and Nepal Miami, FL-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a Federal Register notice extending the validity of TPS-related documentation for beneficiaries under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Haiti

Rhenie Dalger

Jul 31, 2019
1 min

Enid Maurer Book Signing Event

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sagine Taluy, 929-732-0591, staluy@fanm.org ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Saturday, August 3rd 1:00 PM ET Caribbean Market Place 5925 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33138 Enid Maurer Book Signing Event WHAT: Enid Maurer Book Signing Event WHEN: Saturday, August 3rd, at 1:00 PM ET WHERE: 5925 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33138 WHO: Enid Maurer Miami — Enid Maurer, who has amazed Switzerland by her multiple talents and irresistible charm, will sign her novel titled : La Nouvell

BREAKING: We’re suing to stop Florida’s new anti-immigrant bill, SB 168

Rhenie Dalger

Jul 16, 2019
1 min

BREAKING: We’re suing to stop Florida’s new anti-immigrant bill, SB 168

Immigrant Rights Groups and City of South Miami Sue to Stop SB168 Contact: Community Justice Project Email: info@communityjusticeproject.com Miami, FL – In response to Florida’s latest anti-immigrant law, SB 168, Community Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Immigration Clinic of the University of Miami School of Law have filed a lawsuit today to stop the implementation of SB 168, which went into effect on July 1st. SB 168 will devastate immigrant familie

Supreme Court blocks citizenship question in 2020 census for now

Rhenie Dalger

Jun 27, 2019
1 min

Supreme Court blocks citizenship question in 2020 census for now

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rhenie Dalger Phone: 786-280-9062 Email: rdalger@fanm.org The Supreme Court has blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census for the time being. The Trump administration claimed the citizenship question on the census questionnaire is necessary to better comply with federal voting rights law. The Supreme Court found today that the Trump administration did not give an ade

Rhenie Dalger

Mar 29, 2019
1 min

FANM’s Statement on DED Extension

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rhenie Dalger Phone: 786-280-9062 Email: rdalger@fanm.org FANM’s Statement on DED Extension The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will extend temporary legal protections for Liberian immigrants for another calendar year. Liberian immigrants on the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program have lived and worked legally in the United States for decades and they were just three days away from becoming eligible for deportation. They

Open Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi by Christina Ponthieux

Rhenie Dalger

Jan 4, 2019
2 min

Open Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi by Christina Ponthieux

Open Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi By: Christina Ponthieux My name is Christina Ponthieux. I am 11 years old . I attend JFK Magnet Middle School. First Speaker Pelosi , let me congratulate you for being voted Speaker of the House for the second time! I feel extremely happy for you. Speaker Pelosi, I came to talk to you when you came to Miami to help Congresswoman Donna Shalala, but I could not get in because a group of angry people were making a lot of racket. I was scared b

Federal trial begins Monday to protect more than 50,000 immigrants and their families from being for

Rhenie Dalger

Jan 3, 2019
2 min

Federal trial begins Monday to protect more than 50,000 immigrants and their families from being for

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Monday, January 7, 2019, 9:00 am ET Contact: Carolina González cagonzalez@seiu32bj.org (929) 287-4263 Contact: Paromita Shah paromita@nipnlg.org (202) 271-2286 Contact: Beatrice Lindstrom beatrice@ijdh.org (404) 217-1302 Haitian Immigrants and Allies Decry Trump Termination of TPS at Opening of Federal Trial to Halt Possible Deportations Federal trial begins Monday to protect more than 50,000 immigrants and their families from being forcibly separated by

Miami Community Leaders Welcome the “Journey for Justice” National TPS Tour Bus

Rhenie Dalger

Oct 23, 2018
3 min

Miami Community Leaders Welcome the “Journey for Justice” National TPS Tour Bus

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONFERENCE: Miami Welcome the “Journey for Justice” National TPS Tour Bus WHEN: October 24, 2018, 11:00 a.m. WHERE: Little Haiti Cultural Center, 212 NE 59th Terrace, Miami, FL 33137 Family Action Network Movement (FANM) and Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) invite you to join us on October 24, 2018, to welcome the “TPS Journey for Justice Tour Bus” which will travel across the country to visit over 50 cities in a span of 12-weeks. The movement to

111 in Congress (27 US Senators & 84 Reps - Menendez, Engel et al - bipartisan) Demand TPS Reins

Rhenie Dalger

Aug 3, 2018
2 min

111 in Congress (27 US Senators & 84 Reps - Menendez, Engel et al - bipartisan) Demand TPS Reins

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16) led a bipartisan group of 110 members of Congress in calling on the Trump Administration to reinstate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants legally living in the United States. The letter comes after the State Department released a series of internal documents showing the Trump Administration’s overtly political decisions to terminate TPS for El Salvador, Honduras and Hai

One in three separated children not reunited by court-ordered deadline

Rhenie Dalger

Jul 26, 2018
1 min

One in three separated children not reunited by court-ordered deadline

As a court-ordered deadline to reunite all families the Trump administration separated at the border elapsed, one in three children still remained away from their parents, with no clear indication when they would be reunited. Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of Family Action Network Movement (FANM), stated, "Congress must act promptly to protect the basic rights of due process of all bona fide refugees coming to our shores in search of safe haven. It is urgent to reunite

Judge Denies Trump Bid to Toss Immigration Protections Case

Rhenie Dalger

Jul 24, 2018
1 min

Judge Denies Trump Bid to Toss Immigration Protections Case

A federal judge on Monday denied the Trump administration's bid to throw out a lawsuit that alleges its decision to end special protections shielding Haitian, Salvadoran and Honduran immigrants from deportation was racially motivated. U.S. District Judge Denise Casper's ruling means the case that seeks to block the administration from terminating temporary protected status for thousands of immigrants from those three countries can move forward. She also rejected the administr

One year countdown to the mass deportation of 58,000 Haitian TPS recipients and 27,000 U.S. born chi

Rhenie Dalger

Jul 23, 2018
2 min

One year countdown to the mass deportation of 58,000 Haitian TPS recipients and 27,000 U.S. born chi

July 22, 2018-July 22, 2018- One year countdown to the mass deportation of 58,000 Haitian TPS recipients and 27,000 U.S. born children! Press Conference will be streamed via Facebook Live WHAT: TPS Recipients, Faith and Community Leaders Urge President Trump to find a permanent solution for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) WHEN: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. WHO: TPS families, elected, religious, community leaders! WHERE: Family Action Network Movement (FANM) office, 1

More than 300 people attended the TPS Summit

Rhenie Dalger

Jun 26, 2018
2 min

More than 300 people attended the TPS Summit

Friday, June 22, 2018, Family Action Network Movement (FANM) organized a TPS Summit discussing the impact of the Trump administration rescinding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti and El Salvador and how Congress must step in to find a permanent solution for these families. Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of FANM, along with Archbishop Tomas Wenski, Archdiocese of Miami, Florida, Randy McGrorty, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Services, S

Marleine Bastien Named as one of the Influencers in the Miami Herald

Rhenie Dalger

Jun 8, 2018
1 min

Marleine Bastien Named as one of the Influencers in the Miami Herald

Family Action Network Movement (FANM) congratulates its Executive Director Marleine Bastien on being named as one of the influencers in the Miami Herald's Florida Influencer Series. “I’m so humble by Miami Herald's decision to include me in this esteemed group of community leaders/ stakeholders. I’m looking forward to collaborating and amplifying the voices of Florida residents on climate change, affordable housing, pay equity, gender equity and comprehensive immigration refo