"...facility staff continue to place us at unreasonable heightened risk of contracting the virus demonstrating ...a callous indifference for our safety ..."

"I'm not scared to say I'm a refugee, I'm LGBT, I'm here and I want to be visible for others."

This poem by Alonso Flores speaks to the nightmare of detention - and his hopes for a brighter future.

Este poema de Alonso Flores habla de la pesadilla de la detención y de sus esperanzas de un futuro mejor.

"I feel lost, not being able to hug my family, who are citizens of the United States here in the country."

"...these detention centers see us – migrants – as a source of profit, and little more."

Here, "Claudia" reveals the deprivations she and others endured at Jackson Parish Correctional Center.

The US government's treatment of immigrants can be summed up in one word: cruelty.

Data gathered by TRAC points to an alarming rise in the current active case backlog at the Immigration Court.