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MIAMI 鈥� The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals today refused to preliminarily block SB 264, a discriminatory housing law in Florida. The law, which bans many immigrants from China and six other countries from purchasing homes in the state, will remain in effect while the case proceeds. The court concluded that none of the plaintiffs had 鈥渟tanding鈥� to challenge SB 264鈥檚 restrictions on property purchases. Significantly, however, the court clarified that these restrictions do not apply to certain Chinese immigrants who reside in Florida and intend to remain there indefinitely. Under SB 264, people who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and whose 鈥渄omicile鈥� is in China, are prohibited from purchasing property in Florida. The sole exception is extremely narrow: Those with non-tourist visas or who have been granted asylum may purchase one residential property under two acres that is not within five miles of any 鈥渕ilitary installation.鈥� A similar but less restrictive rule also applies to many immigrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Syria. 鈥淎ll people, regardless of where they come from, should be free to buy homes and build lives in Florida without fear of discrimination,鈥� said Ashley Gorski, senior staff attorney with the 红杏视频鈥檚 National Security Project. 鈥淎lthough today鈥檚 decision is disappointing, we鈥檒l continue to fight laws like these that blatantly target immigrants based on their national origin and ethnicity.鈥� This pernicious law mirrors repeated efforts over the past century to weaponize false claims of 鈥渘ational security鈥� against Asians and other immigrants. In the early 20th century, politicians used similar justifications to pass 鈥渁lien land laws,鈥� which barred Chinese and Japanese immigrants from becoming landowners in states across the United States, including Florida. Throughout the country, there has been a resurgence of these alien land laws 鈥� further eroding the rights of immigrants under the guise of protecting national security. 鈥淪B 264 explicitly discriminates against Chinese immigrants, and it has broader chilling effects on Asian Americans in Florida who simply want to buy a home,鈥� said Clay Zhu, president of CALDA. 鈥淲e will continue to fight SB 264 and similar 鈥榓lien land laws鈥� across the country.鈥� 鈥淪B 264 is not just unconstitutional鈥攊t harkens back to discredited century-old alien land laws that told generations of Asian Americans that this country was not their home,鈥� said Bethany Li, executive director of AALDEF. 鈥淏ut our communities survived those past assaults on our rights, and we remain. We will continue to fight back for the dignity and belonging we deserve.鈥� Although the appeals court refused to preliminarily block the law, today鈥檚 decision makes clear that certain Chinese immigrants who live in Florida and intend to remain there indefinitely are 鈥渄omiciled鈥� in Florida and thus exempt from SB 264鈥檚 restrictions on property purchases. The 红杏视频, 红杏视频 of Florida, DeHeng Law Offices PC, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), the Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance (CALDA), and the law firm Quinn Emanuel are representing Chinese immigrants who live, work, study, and raise families in Florida, as well as Multi-Choice Realty, a local real estate firm whose business has been harmed by the law.

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Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national and former professional soccer player who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges over two years ago, has finally been flown home to Belgium and released to be reunited with his wife and children. This comes after years of lawsuits challenging his prolonged unlawful detention and inhumane treatment by the United States. 鈥淚 am so blessed to finally have my freedom after 24 years,鈥� said Mr. Trabelsi. 鈥淢y family has been waiting so long and we can now be together and start a new chapter in our lives鈥� In 2013, the United States forcibly extradited Mr. Trabelsi from Belgium to face criminal charges in the United States, where he spent almost 10 years in solitary confinement while in pretrial detention. After being cleared of all charges by a federal jury in July 2023, the U.S. immediately transferred him to immigration detention and wrongly treated him as an applicant for admission awaiting deportation. In fact, it was the United States that brought Mr. Trabelsi to this country against his will for prosecution over a decade ago. He spent more than two additional years in immigration detention despite being acquitted. 鈥淢r. Trabelsi鈥檚 legal ordeal has finally come to an end,鈥� said Nicole Hallett, clinical professor of law and director of the Immigrants鈥� Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School. 鈥淗e will be able to do what he should have been able to do years ago 鈥� rebuild his life with his family in Belgium.鈥� Mr. Trabelsi was kept in solitary confinement 23 hours a day, unable to communicate with his family, read books, or practice his religion. These conditions were even more restrictive than those he experienced during his 10-year-long pretrial detention, and his mental and physical health were deteriorating by the day. The Belgian government issued multiple formal diplomatic requests asking the U.S. to facilitate his return to Belgium, but the U.S, for years, refused. Instead, the government tried to deport him to Tunisia, where he was born, but where he is likely to face torture. 鈥淭he government demanded Mr. Trabelsi鈥檚 extradition from Belgium for criminal prosecution, and when it failed to convict him, it forced him to suffer more than two years of extremely harsh detention for essentially no purpose at all,鈥� said Brett Max Kaufman, senior counsel with the 红杏视频鈥檚 Center for Democracy. 鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled that he is finally free again after all this time.鈥� Mr. Trabelsi is represented by the 红杏视频, the University of Chicago Law School鈥檚 Immigrants鈥� Rights Clinic, the 红杏视频 of Virginia, and Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School. "Mr. Trabelsi鈥檚 inhumane treatment in immigration detention is just the latest in a long string of Immigration and Customs Enforcement鈥檚 violation of both the law and its own policies,鈥� said Sophia Gregg, senior immigrants鈥� rights attorney at 红杏视频 of Virginia. "Mr. Trabelsi's reunion with his family comes after being held in detention in the U.S. for years even after being cleared of all charges. That should never have happened."