From the Border to Your Local County Detention CenterA 5-part photo essay series by Peg HunterPart 3: ELOY DETENTION CENTEREloy Detention Center, located an hour north of Tucson in the Sonoran Desert, is one of many private prisons in the US used to incarcerate immigrants. Like other private prisons, Eloy

by Conner MartinezBachir Bah is a Guinean refugee that spent over eight months detained in a rural New Mexico detention center before receiving asylum.His journey to the United States began one night in December of 2016, when government officials came to his home and attempted to capture and imprison

From the Border to Your Local County Detention CenterA 5-part photo essay series by Peg HunterPart 2: U.S. DISTRICT COURT — TUCSON AZThe U.S. District Court in Tucson is one of several courts along the border where the U.S. government’s Operation Streamline operates. Through Operation Streamline, up

By Amilcar Valencia, Director, El RefugioRemembering Efrain Romero De La Rosa who died at Stewart more than a month ago.Efrain Romero De La Rosa, known to his loved ones as “Bin,” died on July 10th, at the age of 40, after being held in ICE custody at the Stewart

While visiting Tijuana recently with a group of advocates, I spent an entire morning in Little Haiti. Consisting of a couple dozen ramshackle, half-built homes and trash-filled gullies, Little Haiti is nestled in an arid, desolate area known as Scorpion Canyon, accessible only by a one-lane dirt road. Nevertheless, the

“At Glades they are holding us not as immigrants, but detaining us as inmates. They are taking mothers from their children; that is wrong. I am legally here with a green card and they are trying to use my past felony charges to take me into custody and remove my

From the Border to Your Local County Detention CenterA 5-part photo essay series by Peg HunterPart 1: THE BORDER WALL — NOGALES, ARIZONA / SONORAFor 2 days in November, thousands come together at the Nogales border wall from locations across the U.S., Mexico and Central America. They share music, experiences and

July 01, 2018 To whom it may concern:This is a cry out for help from the people (or aliens, as we are called) at Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma, WA, spending the dark days of our lives.The prison is run a la modern slavery. The officers, who mainly are

Miguel Perez’ story made headlines earlier this year when the decorated U.S. Army veteran and legal permanent resident was deported to Mexico. Perez, who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and suffers from PTSD, moved to the U.S. as a child. He was turned over to ICE