by Mirian Martinez-Aranda Photo Credit: Mirian Martinez-Aranda Tonight (July 11, 2017), Tecla was released from detention (a prison for immigrants) and was reunited with her children! It was an amazing moment. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you that supported Tecla and her children. Thanks

Poetry by Emmanuel Zessa Emmanuel Zessa was detained at James Musick Facility and Theo Lacy Facility in California. #### Mon Ange Gardien Je me suis retrouvé dans les quatre murs au fond de ténèbres Les humains harcelaient mon esprit sans la moindre peur Les hurlements de militaires et leurs pas de

I was born in the dusty streets of Africa, with high ambitions of becoming successful Photo credit: Bernard Spragg, Flikr Creative Commons My father was the sole provider for our family of four children. He was a good father, but he was a busy man, and unfortunately, he passed away

Abubakar was detained at the Theo Lacy Jail in California then transferred to Louisiana where he has been since December of 2016 My name is Abubakar M. I was born on July 9th, 1985, and raised in Ghana. My story started a decade ago in Ghana when my father died,

Mayra, mother of three, was detained for over a year in Louisiana before being deported to El Salvador Mayra with each of her three children in Fayetteville, Arkansas, before being detained. *President-Elect Trump has announced that he intends to immediately deport two to three million immigrants with criminal records upon

Ahmed has been imprisoned in three detention centers in Florida since September of 2014 Adama, Ahmed’s hometown in Ethiophia. Photo credit: Joe Castleman (Gyrofrog) — Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia. **Escape from Ethiopia** My name is Ahmed*, an Ethiopian citizen currently detained at Baker County Jail in Florida.

After spending almost 2 years in immigration detention, Sayed Omargharib, 62, is now homeless Sayed Omargharib turned 62 years old this year, an age at which many are looking forward to a well-earned retirement after a lifetime of hard work. Instead, he is homeless. After being subjected to almost two

Video: Lora is a Famous Name in New York Immigration Courts Thanks to a case Alex Lora and his legal team at Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) and New York University School of Law (NYU) brought to challenge his immigration detention, since 2015, all immigrants detained for six months in the

Gretta was detained in the Santa Ana City Jail’s transgender pod in 2015–6. This is some of her artwork from inside