Community Justice Project
@cjpmiami
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Lawyers supporting the movements for racial justice & human rights in FL and beyond
Miami, Florida
Joined April 2013
Proud to see our clients, like tenant leader Mr. Douglas, sharing their stories on why the Eviction Diversion program is needed in Miami Thank you to @PACTMiami for their work demanding solutions to the housing crisis & to program partners @MiamiWorkersCtr & @_LSGMI_
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Join the Family Action Network Movement (FAMN) on January 12th to commemorate the 16th anniversary of #Haiti earthquake. #FANMAdvisory
#earthquake
#Miami
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Invest in CJP today to help protect our neighbors and strengthen our collective power. https://t.co/vbP6E7nmGS
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Community Justice Project is made up of community lawyers, researchers, and artists who work alongside grassroots organizers fighting for housing justice, immigrant rights, and a more just Miami-Dade.
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This Give Miami Day, your support is urgent. Our communities face rising repression and a deepening housing crisis, yet Miami’s history is built on everyday people resisting, fighting back, and building toward justice.
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ICYMI: We filed a federal lawsuit w/ @ACLU @ACLUFL & @cjpmiami to shut down the Everglades detention camp. Florida doesn't have the right to take taxpayer funds to run its own immigration jail. Read @KTLA's article to learn more:
ktla.com
Deep in the Everglades, in a patch of swamp surrounded by snakes, alligators and relentless mosquitoes, Florida has opened a makeshift detention center that critics say is unlike anything the count…
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🚨 BREAKING: We're suing Florida for making a state-run immigration jail in the Everglades—illegal, unaccountable, and unprecedented. More about our lawsuit with @ACLU @ACLUFL & @cjpmiami: https://t.co/of3IRiexsA
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Another lawsuit challenges Alligator Alcatraz Reporting by @AGGancarski
https://t.co/bWXzT5FwXQ
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Mobile home park closure is a quiet disaster fueling Miami’s rent crisis | Opinion
miamiherald.com
Li’l Abner mobile home park in Sweetwater is the latest example of affordable housing disappearing for low income Floridians. | Opinion
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Florida law demands audits on "emergency" spending deals. That has not happened. GOP leaders have repeatedly claimed that public officials who don’t follow the law should be removed from office - unless they’re the ones flouting it. https://t.co/dONX2gVEQJ
orlandosentinel.com
Scott Maxwell: Florida law requires audits on no-bid spending deals like the ones Ron DeSantis has been cutting at ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ but they have not happened.
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“When police officers with 287(g) immigration powers violate people’s constitutional rights, it’s this city that will have to pay the lawsuits that inevitably come and of course it’s the taxpayers that ultimately foot the check.” https://t.co/y1yqD9UeMP
wlrn.org
Dozens of Miami residents braved the heat outside City Hall Tuesday morning to speak out against a controversial proposal that would deputize local police with immigration enforcement powers through...
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“Collaboration is candidly immoral but it’s also extremely expensive for this city,” said Will Mann, an attorney with @cjpmiami. https://t.co/y1yqD9UeMP
wlrn.org
Dozens of Miami residents braved the heat outside City Hall Tuesday morning to speak out against a controversial proposal that would deputize local police with immigration enforcement powers through...
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City of Miami commissioners are debating whether to deputize their police for as ICE agents. #NOto287g
Commission Meeting – Afternoon Session - June 17, 2025
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NEWS: A Miami federal judge has found Attorney General James Uthmeier in contempt of court for violating her restraining order to stop enforcing a new state law that criminalizes undocumented immigrants when they arrive in Florida. https://t.co/LpLdmbRatK by @jayhweaver
miamiherald.com
“Litigants cannot change the plain meaning of words as it suits them, especially when conveying a court’s clear and unambiguous order,” the Miami judge wrote in her contempt order.
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I don’t know if Americans realize how often ICE arrests US citizens, and how long those citizens can spend detained. I spoke to Davino Watson, who spent 3.5 years in a detention center. He was a citizen every minute of that time. 1/3
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Florida state attorney warns police to stop enforcing immigration law
tallahassee.com
Law enforcement in Florida's 2nd Judicial Circuit have been told by State Attorney Jack Campbell to "refrain" from enforcing a new immigration law.
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We wish every family ripped apart by these unlawful arrests were able to have such a reunion. Thank you @LlanosJackie for shining a light on Juan Carlos’ case
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
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Communities are fighting back against ICE intrusion in our universities: “Following the two-hour discussion, the faculty senate voted in favor of a motion calling on university leadership to withdraw from the agreement immediately.” https://t.co/Qp5Jr71iFe
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Proud to stand with clients FLIC & @FWAFL, co counsel @ACLUFL @Am4ImmJustice against SB4C. No more arrests under this unconstitutional law! “Federal judge ‘astounded’ that Florida cops violated her order on immigration arrests” https://t.co/gOyMXnYMzd
miamiherald.com
A group of immigrants has sued the state to stop enforcement of Florida’s new immigration law.
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