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Freedom for Immigrants

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#FreeLuis

Update: Luis has been granted a minimum bond at his hearing on January 17th and is being released today! UC Berkeley student Luis Mora spent over two weeks in immigration detention in San Diego’s for-profit Otay Mesa facility. He was arrested for overstaying his student visa, and describes his

Mateo’s Story / La Historia de Mateo

Watch and share this short film about a family’s separation at the U.S.-Mexico border José with his family. Photo Source: Alex Mensing on Facebook In November, Border Patrol officials forcibly separated José Demar Fuentes, 30, and his one-year-old son Mateo when they turned themselves in at the

Bring Fernando Home

Sign and share this petition to reunite Fernando with his family Photo Source: Change.org My name is Lourdes Barraza and I am Fernando Carrillo’s wife. Fernando is a hard working, loving father and husband. Fernando has been detained in West County Detention Center since October 11th, 2017, when

Sign this Petition: Grant Asylum to Mamun Alam!

Mamun has been detained in Florida and Texas for over three years Photo Source: Change.org Please sign this petition to Will Hurd at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Please grant asylum for Mr. Mamun Alam who is currently being held at the South Texas Detention Facility. He has

That human connection means everything to them, and to me

by Susan Lange Photo by Jeremy Yap on Unsplash I have been a volunteer with the [Faithful Friends/Amigos Fieles](http://www.uuss.org/immigrantjustice/faithfulfriends/) immigration detention visitation program for the past four years. I have visited at the Sacramento Jail, the Yuba County Jail in Marysville, and the

Holiday Greetings

Seven detained immigrants share their artwork to raise funds for those in need during the holidays “December 25” by Luis Quintero Pam Shearman, a volunteer at Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants (ICDI) in Chicago, describes how this holiday fundraiser came to be: So many of the people we visit have

Steppin’ In

Rosa Ortega describes life after her husband Fernando’s deportation in the cross-border digital stories project “Humanizing Deportation/Humanizando la Deportación” Fernando with his daughter In this video Rosa Ortega shares her story about the deportation of her husband Fernando. He was deported to Peru in May 2017 and since