We desperately need to raise money in the next 24 hours for a lawyer to attend my husband's court hearing.

For Noheli, a Venezuelan woman who requested asylum, being bonded out and then welcomed into several volunteers’ homes made all the difference after spending four months in a California immigrant jail where she developed an infection.

Christina was with her husband when he was yanked off a bus for failing to produce his "papers." Then he was placed into a room with 20 other men and fed only a piece of bread, a slice of cheese, and water three times a day.

"I go to my bed with tears, disappointment and frustration." After a harrowing journey to reach the US and seek asylum, Salat Suraw Abdi has now been detained for over 28 months.

The sounds of children in these detention centers calling for their "mama" and "papa" are actual audio recordings released last summer by ProPublica. The makeshift sidewalk detention cages are part of advocacy group RAICES' #NoKidsInCages campaign.

From racism to spoiled food: what life's like at the West Texas Detention Facility

The library is one of the few places on the continent where those living in the US with visas that do not allow return-entry can reunite with family members.

She died in the same hospital where ICE dropped her off on the very day it released her from custody.

"This is all too much to handle. I get headaches, heartaches and a lot of anxiety."