"And I could only think about the little boy screaming my name, feeling scared, because they took me far away, handcuffed, in front of him."

This letter was written by a hunger striker at Yuba County Jail, who wants everyone know that although “we were denied most of our demands, we will keep on fighting and remain strong as one with God’s help and those who support us on the outside."

In the second episode of Melting the Ice, Amy and Janice remind us that behind every separation, whether by detention, imprisonment or deportation, there is a family rallying behind the scenes, fighting hard to get their loved one back.

"I am very sick. Sometimes I feel like I can't do it anymore. Now I'm set to be deported back to my country, where they will likely take my life away, but there's nothing left to do."

A Christian musician, FBM fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo after his father was during a January 2018 protest march in Kinshasa.

Abraham's poem is a poignant and powerful blend of faith, pain and hope.

Intentional abuse and the criminalization of poverty: A first-time visitor to Adelanto reflects upon her experience, and the outrage it inspired.

36 hours after he recited a poem criticizing ICE at a public forum, Jose Bello awoke to find ICE officers at the door of his home.

Detained for 2 years, Honore lives with pain, inadequate food - and rats. "I am without hope to leave," he writes.