By getting Mexico to do its dirty work — and making tens of thousands of migrants more vulnerable to rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder. by Joseph Sorrentino Evelyn, an asylum-seeker from Guatemala; La Patrona, Veracruz *La Bestia* is running empty now. For years, the freight trains collectively known as “The Beast”
Human Rights Groups Release Report Focused on Georgia Immigration Detention Centers Photo Credit: Steve Pavey “SEGREGATION IS LIKE HELL. IT IS TOTAL ISOLATION.” -Detained Immigrant at the Stewart Detention Center “I HAVE BEEN AT THE DETENTION CENTER FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND I HAVE ASKED FOR NEW SOCKS, UNDERWEAR, AND BLANKETS,
I was advocating and litigating from inside ICE detention for over 6 years, and I have since been deported Photo Credit: Tina Shull Before I begin my rendition I respectfully request you to not include my name because of the very sensitive nature of my situation. I fear repercussions from
by Nicole Ramos Photo Credit: Nicole Ramos This little clutch is brought to you by an unintentional fashion designer currently warehoused in Otay Mesa Detention Facility, one of the many prisons in which we incarcerate asylum seekers. In the five months that my client has been imprisoned for daring to
To the United States President, Donald Trump, You Must represent ALL the citizens and residents of this Great Country, even the ones that did not vote for you. You promised that you were going to “Make This Country Great Again.” In your first 100 days in power, We have seen
by Tina Shull CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Lying May 10, 2007, the day my life split in two.In one life, I put on my cap and gown and went to my NYU graduation in Washington Square
by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Originally published in the blog Adjunct Justice Photo credit: “Migration Is Not A Crime“ by Flickr used in conjunction with creativecommons For May Day, I will take part in one of the many marches against what trump is doing to immigration (I don’t capitalize
by Madeline McClure Some demands of the hunger strikers, via NWDC Resistance. Source: Latino Rebels Hunger strikes continue into a third week at the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center in Washington as detained migrants demand humane conditions amidst an environment of lies and retaliation. The strike began on April 10th during
Poetry by Emmanuel Zessa Emmanuel Zessa was detained at James Musick Facility and Theo Lacy Facility in California. #### Mon Ange Gardien Je me suis retrouvé dans les quatre murs au fond de ténèbres Les humains harcelaient mon esprit sans la moindre peur Les hurlements de militaires et leurs pas de
