by Elvia Ortiz Photo Credit: Tina Shull *Editor’s note: Elvia Ortiz, who was detained at the Adelanto Detention Facility in California since March of 2016, recently contacted Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC). She told us that she wanted to share her story with the public and
From the Immigrant Youth Coalition Source: IYC #### Felizardo’s Story: On the morning of Thursday, May 18, Border Patrol went into the Boyle Heights community, knocking on doors to try to locate our member, 22-year-old youth Claudia Rueda, ultimately cornering, arresting and detaining her along with any other community members
Photo Credit: Burst ### **Youth Reporting Fellows (5 openings)** IMM Print is a new publication by the non-profit CIVIC (Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement) that features stories, poetry, and art from immigration detention and reporting on intersectional issues. IMM Print centers voices that are less visible in mainstream media
Help Keep Maria Luz’s family together Source: Crowdrise Maria Luz has been in the US for 27 years and now has only until September 29, 2017 — less than two weeks — to raise $2,000 to pay her lawyer’s fee or be deported. She is the mother of four
An op-ed by CIVIC’s Christina Fialho and Christina Mansfield Protestors attend a vigil outside of the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona, October 2016. Photo Credit: Tina Shull Originally published in the *Huffington Post *on September 22, 2017: Do We Have to Abolish the Victim Narrative to Abolish Immigration Detention?
Artwork by Jose Vasquez, detained at the Theo Lacy Jail in California > “Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your school are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add
A Poem by William Lopez *TW: Deportation Violence* August 1, 2017 Many community members rallied at the airport to protest the deportation of a loved and valued mujer from a county in the Midwestern U.S. Her deportation is one of the 400,000 that occur every year, with each
by Olivia Segura Photo Credit: Hannah Rank, Medill News Service My name is Olivia Segura. I’m a Gold Star mother, US citizen, and mother of Ashley Sietsema. Ashley is a Veteran that paid the ultimate sacrifice. She shed her blood in Kuwait. Ashley was a paramedic who died when
by Rosalía Salazar Translated into English by Ana M. Fores Tomayo and originally published on the blog Adjunct Justice. Introduction by Ana M. Fores Tomayo: Schools, universities, and communities are fighting for DACA recipients — and alongside them too — but these endeavors do not take away their hurt, their fear, their
