Listen to Episode 1 of a new podcast about people resisting deportation by Will Coley and the Immigrant Defense Project #### Episode 1: Land of the Free, but Only for Some: Eddy Arias remembers the night he was pulled over by the Houston Texas police. It was first time he had

Victor Perez, 23, spent over three years at the Adelanto Detention Center in California Victor (left) with his sister Valeria. Donate to his bond fund campaign so they can be reunited. Hello, my name is Victor Perez and I have been in ICE custody at the Adelanto Detention Center since

Cal State LA student Claudia Rueda is being detained by Border Patrol in an act of retaliation: Call now to demand her release 22-year-old Cal State LA student and activist Claudia Rueda is being detained by Border Patrol in an act of retaliation. Last month, Claudia’s mother was swept

This week, CIVIC is mourning the loss of two more people who died in immigration detention, Jean Carlos Jiménez-Joseph and Atulkumar Babubhai Patel. Both of these individuals died within 2 days of each other in Georgia. El Refugio, which is the CIVIC-affiliated visitation program at the Stewart Detention Center, was

CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Medical Neglect Cesar writes from the Adelanto Detention Facility:We were in quarantine from April 1st to April 20th… I did write to three news publications but it might not have made the

On any given day, thousands of immigrants in the United States are being held in detention, mostly to the benefit of for-profit prison corporations. Kouraboure, who fled political persecution in his home country of Burkina Faso, is one of them. The for-profit Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Photo

Donate to Free Mothers on Mother’s Day and Send a Card Artwork commissioned by Forward Together for Mama’s Day https://nomoremoneybail.org Donate to Mama’s Bail Out Day 2.7 million children in the United States have an incarcerated parent. That is 1 in every 28 children,

By getting Mexico to do its dirty work — and making tens of thousands of migrants more vulnerable to rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder. by Joseph Sorrentino Evelyn, an asylum-seeker from Guatemala; La Patrona, Veracruz *La Bestia* is running empty now. For years, the freight trains collectively known as “The Beast”

Human Rights Groups Release Report Focused on Georgia Immigration Detention Centers Photo Credit: Steve Pavey “SEGREGATION IS LIKE HELL. IT IS TOTAL ISOLATION.” -Detained Immigrant at the Stewart Detention Center “I HAVE BEEN AT THE DETENTION CENTER FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND I HAVE ASKED FOR NEW SOCKS, UNDERWEAR, AND BLANKETS,