Despite having sponsors ready to house them, five South Asian hunger strikers remain detained and subjected to force-feeding and forced hydration.

MS fled Sudan after the National Security brutally beat him and his father. With his asylum hearing fast approaching, he hopes to be free to continue his work in the US.

Here, Daniela writes about how she ended up in detention and her life before, during and being incarcerated.

"All three men have some glimmers of hope and are terrified about both parole and being sent back to a country they do not know and where no one knows them."

"Even though most unauthorized immigrants have lived in the United States for nearly 15 years, many could live out the rest of their lives without any opportunity to become legal residents of their adopted home."

Waiting in Tijuana for his court hearing in 4 days, Jonathan Rayo Lopez is one of thousands of Nicaraguan asylum seekers fleeing their government's brutal regime.

“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.

Having exhausted all her options, her appeals denied, a young Angolan woman detained for over 2 years faces the terror of deportation.

In this poignant letter, Elfrega writes of feeling like a "captive bird" in detention, her despair at being caged, and her yearning for a safe nest to call home.