In addition to the trauma of detention, unaccompanied immigrant children face a dearth of legal resources - a problem Maria Woltjen of The Young Center was determined to solve.
Physically attacked by a guard, a man detained at Yuba County Jail writes, "I am currently being delayed to receive an x-ray on my rib. I cannot sleep at nights since the incident."
“We want to make sure the kids in detention know that we haven’t forgotten about them.” - Kaia, 10 years old, who helped launch The Butterfly Project. Kids in workshops around the Bay area have fashioned about 20,000 butterflies to date.
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.
Having exhausted all her options, her appeals denied, a young Angolan woman detained for over 2 years faces the terror of deportation.
Artist/poet Akiceri Carrillo's words express the fear and sorrow surrounding a loved one's deportation.
"...corporate incarceration in America ...profits off the pain and suffering of others. Slavery has never ended. It has reformed itself."
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.
