"Her granddaughter was taken from her as an unaccompanied minor. She is 16, and now is likely in a detention center, a child’s prison, in the US."

Jarred Bean turns the spotlight of this series to working class immigrants, who bear the brunt of the racist targeting of our country's immigration system.

In addition to not being able to visit her father, Jennifer worries that her father is being refused his blood pressure medication.

Anthony Miranda wrote to us frequently about life at Northwest Detention Center, and his feelings of despair. Now deported, Anthony's poem conveys his emotional strength and determination to survive.

ICE will not be renewing its contract with CoreCivic for the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, leaving people detained there facing an uncertain future.

"The hardest part of the waiting for K was the not knowing, the fear of missing something that would help her case to stand out. It felt like we were flailing most of the time."

"He’s resilient and positive. He’s done his time, and he needs to be pardoned.”

A journalist turned immigration reporter talks about the political history of using criminal justice databases to target undocumented immigrants.

"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."