by Nicole Ramos Photo credit: Nicole Ramos We walk single file through the port-of-entry: 14 asylum seekers, 3 attorneys, and a cadre of human rights observers. A Mexican official, who never quite identifies himself, begins to take video of us as we walk, surveying us for a reason that I
Maria Ortiz Cortez was released after being detained for a year and a half at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, CA Maria with her children, Brandon and Marisela **UPDATE: CIVIC was able to help raise Maria’s bond, and on her birthday, June 9, 2017, she was released
Listen to Episode 1 of a new podcast about people resisting deportation by Will Coley and the Immigrant Defense Project #### Episode 1: Land of the Free, but Only for Some: Eddy Arias remembers the night he was pulled over by the Houston Texas police. It was first time he had
Victor Perez, 23, spent over three years at the Adelanto Detention Center in California Victor (left) with his sister Valeria. Donate to his bond fund campaign so they can be reunited. Hello, my name is Victor Perez and I have been in ICE custody at the Adelanto Detention Center since
Cal State LA student Claudia Rueda is being detained by Border Patrol in an act of retaliation: Call now to demand her release 22-year-old Cal State LA student and activist Claudia Rueda is being detained by Border Patrol in an act of retaliation. Last month, Claudia’s mother was swept
This week, CIVIC is mourning the loss of two more people who died in immigration detention, Jean Carlos Jiménez-Joseph and Atulkumar Babubhai Patel. Both of these individuals died within 2 days of each other in Georgia. El Refugio, which is the CIVIC-affiliated visitation program at the Stewart Detention Center, was
CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Medical Neglect Cesar writes from the Adelanto Detention Facility:We were in quarantine from April 1st to April 20th… I did write to three news publications but it might not have made the
On any given day, thousands of immigrants in the United States are being held in detention, mostly to the benefit of for-profit prison corporations. Kouraboure, who fled political persecution in his home country of Burkina Faso, is one of them. The for-profit Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Photo
Donate to Free Mothers on Mother’s Day and Send a Card Artwork commissioned by Forward Together for Mama’s Day https://nomoremoneybail.org Donate to Mama’s Bail Out Day 2.7 million children in the United States have an incarcerated parent. That is 1 in every 28 children,
