"I knew I couldn’t depend on the police for protection. I would have to flee before I was killed."

Eduardo finally reached the breaking point and decided to self-deport.

"The American solidarity I grew up in stops at the steel-locked doors of my detention facility."

"We have rights. They cannot keep us here forever."

"Here at Baker County Detention Center you never go outside or get to see the sun."

"Some men attacked me and left me to die. I am alive by a miracle."

A few years ago Tony was ripped apart from his family for something he’d done in the past.

"There is a lot of corruption in ICE and immigration judges do not have fair trials."

"Although it was due to ICE that I was detained, it was the deputies who were our daily tormentors."