In the second episode of Melting the Ice, Amy and Janice remind us that behind every separation, whether by detention, imprisonment or deportation, there is a family rallying behind the scenes, fighting hard to get their loved one back.

"I am very sick. Sometimes I feel like I can't do it anymore. Now I'm set to be deported back to my country, where they will likely take my life away, but there's nothing left to do."

A Christian musician, FBM fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo after his father was during a January 2018 protest march in Kinshasa.

Abraham's poem is a poignant and powerful blend of faith, pain and hope.

Intentional abuse and the criminalization of poverty: A first-time visitor to Adelanto reflects upon her experience, and the outrage it inspired.

36 hours after he recited a poem criticizing ICE at a public forum, Jose Bello awoke to find ICE officers at the door of his home.

Detained for 2 years, Honore lives with pain, inadequate food - and rats. "I am without hope to leave," he writes.

Being more conscious of our political reality, and becoming involved with immigrant rights organizations, has helped shape my artistic vision. I just couldn't turn my back anymore.

A former Border Patrol agent talks frankly about the daily harm inflicted upon immigrants by his former colleagues.