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Freedom for Immigrants

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Mon Ange Gardien / My Guardian Angel

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

Second Immigrant Death at Adelanto Detention Center in Less than Three Weeks

As the death toll rises in detention, immigrant rights groups demand accountability and transparency #ShutDownAdelanto action honoring those who have died at the Adelanto Detention Facility, August 20, 2016. Photo credit: Tina Shull Washington, DC — Immigrant rights organizations Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC), Detention Watch Network (DWN)

VOICE: Victims of ICE

CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Sexual Assault Map developed by CIVIC with ICE’s DRIL data. For interactive data analytics, visit: www.endisolation.org/sexual-assault. On April 10, the Trump administration announced that it will temporarily suspend publishing

Thomas Dube

I was born in the dusty streets of Africa, with high ambitions of becoming successful Photo credit: Bernard Spragg, Flikr Creative Commons My father was the sole provider for our family of four children. He was a good father, but he was a busy man, and unfortunately, he passed away

Viacrusis de Refugiados / Refugee Caravan 2017

Tentative route. Follow and support the caravan at pueblosinfronteras.org *From *[*Pueblo Sin Fronteras*](http://www.pueblosinfronteras.org/actions-.html)*:* On Sunday, April 9th, a caravan of Central American refugees set foot from the Guatemala-Mexico border and began to make their way north to request asylum in the United States.

VOICE: Victims of ICE

CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Deaths in Detention A demonstrator carries a coffin at the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona. Photo credit: ©2016 Associated Press and Human Rights Watch’s 2016 report “ U.S.: Deaths in Immigration Detention." Last

Support Jeanette in Sanctuary

Jeanette is a community leader and mother who has lived in the U.S. for over 20 years On February 15, 2017, as Immigration & Customs Enforcement denied Jeanette Vizguerra’s stay of removal, our beloved friend and community activist entered sanctuary at First Unitarian Society of Denver. To support Jeanette

Nicaraguan immigrant held in ICE custody dies

Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba is the fifth person to die in immigration detention in 2017 Photo credit: Tina Shull CIVIC is calling for an independent investigation after a Nicaraguan man, Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba, 32, died while in U.S. immigration detention after months of incarceration at a privately-run detention center that