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Freedom for Immigrants

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How the U.S. “Solved” the Central American Migrant Crisis

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”

Imprisoned Justice

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,

Fleeing Political Persecution: TJ’s Story Part I

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

This Little Clutch

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

VOICE: Victims of ICE

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

May Day: Helping Migrants Across Borders

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

Resistance and Retaliation at the Northwest Detention Center

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

Tecla has been freed from detention and reunited with her children

by Mirian Martinez-Aranda Photo Credit: Mirian Martinez-Aranda Tonight (July 11, 2017), Tecla was released from detention (a prison for immigrants) and was reunited with her children! It was an amazing moment. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you that supported Tecla and her children. Thanks