"May God bless our souls and protect us from this harmful virus."
"We inside the prisons are unable to take hardly any prevention measures to avoid contagion..."
"We inside the prisons are unable to take hardly any prevention measures to avoid contagion..."
A plea for protection from COVID-19 from immigrants detained at Buffalo Federal Detention Facility.
In times of global pandemic, the risk of abuse with no oversight is at an all-time high. This is why FFI has launched the COVID-19 Detention Hotline.
247 individuals detained at Broward Transitional Center have signed a letter voicing their concerns about unsanitary conditions and the possibility of Coronavirus spread.
"Today marks nearly 14 months that I have not kissed or hugged my small child."
Thousands of companies in the United States profit off people in U.S. immigration detention each year, and many of them are experiencing a windfall due to COVID-19. It’s time we hold these companies accountable.
"...we were instructed to keep digging what was clearly intended to be our own graves." M's story details her horrific experiences in Cameroon before escaping to the US - where she was immediately sent to an immigration detention center.
Reporting from the ICE substation in Miramar, FL, Bud Conlin urges ICE to "Stop requiring immigrants to physically report until this danger has passed."
KA writes to us of his feelings of despair, which have reached the point where he has given up and is ready to be deported to his home country of Ghana.