On average, 2,371 were being held in immigration detention in 1979. That number has skyrocketed to to more than 52,000 in September of this year. Here's a recap of the history of immigration detention from a new report by the Marshall Project.

After fleeing El Salvador as a child, Carlos was able to go to school, start a family and pursue the American Dream. Then one day, everything changed.

Artist/poet Akiceri Carrillo's words express the fear and sorrow surrounding a loved one's deportation.

Roberta and Dick Dunning's visits to a Baltimore detention facility has touched them - and those they visit - deeply.

Joseth moved to California when he was 3 years old. His family - who he helps to support - is here. But Joseth wasn't given a second chance. He was deported to Mexico.

"The day prior, when we sat near a 7-year old child, his eyes – like almost every immigrant I met at the shelter – were red with exhaustion."

Detained at Yuba County Jail, Aroldo writes about his despair at being separated from his family, and his fears of being killed if deported.

Today's headlines decrying the dehumanizing conditions at immigration centers remind many Japanese Americans of the suffering their families endured in WWII internment camps.

Artist Erikson Martinez now struggles to breathe because of the abuse inflicted upon him while being handcuffed.