When we have healthcare workers, but they themselves do not have access to healthcare, that shows us that this system has failed.

"They told us we could not have blankets anymore." In this translated declaration, a 7-year-old girl recounts the cruelty of the guards at a facility in Clint, TX.

MCM writes to us about how his hopes for freedom in the US have been crushed, and urges readers to "come to our aid."

"We still have 70,000 children caged across the U.S. There's still unaccompanied minors going to court and making decisions on their own.”

"I do my best to help other children who are sad," 12-year-old W says in his declaration. He and his 4-year-old brother were separated from their uncle after crossing the border.

"...we were instructed to keep digging what was clearly intended to be our own graves." M's story details her horrific experiences in Cameroon before escaping to the US - where she was immediately sent to an immigration detention center.

KA writes to us of his feelings of despair, which have reached the point where he has given up and is ready to be deported to his home country of Ghana.

In this essay, Rachel Melancon describes how "the language of atrocity" has evolved over decades to avoid triggering our collective conscience.

This young, recently-freed-from-detention Cameroonian man wants you to try his cooking - if he can just raise the money for his food truck.