Pancho is currently detained at the McHenry County Jail in Illinois Photo Credit: Kayle Kaupanger on Unsplash I hope that this letter finds you all in good health and good spirits. I’d like to present the following as a personal testimony and true story of my first-hand account of
by Joseph Sorrentino Members of La Caravana de los Mutilados protest in Mexico City I spent six weeks in Mexico in 2015, investigating the effects of *Plan Frontera Sur*, the Mexican program supposedly designed to keep Central Americans migrating through that country safe. All it really did was stop them
Amdi spent a year and a half in the United States, entirely behind bars Photo Credit: Tina Shull Asylum seekers from all over the world can spend months to years languishing in US immigrant prisons while pursuing their cases and even after receiving final orders of removal. This year, the
Rosa Huitron’s partner Francisco Esquivel Reyes has been detained by ICE in 5 states since August of 2016 Rosa with her and Francisco’s children, ages 6 and 1 My boyfriend (the father of our two girls, ages 6 and 1 years old) has been in ICE custody since
Nancy Meyer and 21 women at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California, sign onto a new letter alleging widespread abuse by deputies Portion of letter sent from Nancy Mayer to Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) [*English translation below*] Hola mi nombre es Nancy Meyer y
They treat family members as though we’re criminals.
He has a lot of faith and doesn’t give up easily. He’s going to fight for as long as it takes.
If I get released? The first thing I’m going to do is hug my family.
Cesar, who grew up in California, spent a year and a half in immigration detention before being deported to Mexico in June of 2017 U.S. Mexico Border Wall in Playas Tijuana. “La Poesia No Tiene Limites / Poetry Has No Limits” by Acción Poetica. Photo Credit: Tina Shull *Cesar’s
