"There is a lot of corruption in ICE and immigration judges do not have fair trials."

The ongoing and increasing number of hunger strikes at facilities across the country indicates the urgent need to release people from ICE custody

"My country is in chaos," Noheli says. "I'm afraid for my children."

Freeing Alejandra from detention means that she can continue to pursue her asylum claim with the support of her family and her community.

Because Jason is gay, he spent much of his time in detention in segregation, isolated in a windowless room for 22 hours a day.

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The sketches that appear here were collected from Helegner Tijera Moreno, a former Venezuelan army officer, who fled his country to seek asylum in the U.S. Instead, he has been detained for nearly two years at the Otero County Detention Center in New Mexico and denied parole.Helegner arrived

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