"Tratan o intentan golpearte, tratan provocarte, tratan humillarte más fuerte. Dicen que deberían estar muertes en tu país--cosas feas, cosas que no te imaginas."

"They try to beat you, to provoke you, to humiliate you. They tell you that you should die in your own country—horrible things, things that you could never imagine."

Jonathan, a gay man who fled El Salvador after being sexually assaulted by the police, fears his final pleas for asylum will be denied.

Despite having sponsors ready to house them, five South Asian hunger strikers remain detained and subjected to force-feeding and forced hydration.

MS fled Sudan after the National Security brutally beat him and his father. With his asylum hearing fast approaching, he hopes to be free to continue his work in the US.

Here, Daniela writes about how she ended up in detention and her life before, during and being incarcerated.

"All three men have some glimmers of hope and are terrified about both parole and being sent back to a country they do not know and where no one knows them."

"Even though most unauthorized immigrants have lived in the United States for nearly 15 years, many could live out the rest of their lives without any opportunity to become legal residents of their adopted home."

Waiting in Tijuana for his court hearing in 4 days, Jonathan Rayo Lopez is one of thousands of Nicaraguan asylum seekers fleeing their government's brutal regime.