"God bless all the women and men suffering in all corners of the world and I hope that my story will give hope and joy to those that need that in their lives."
The family and Alexander himself have requested five times that he be paroled, but they have received two denials, each containing incorrect information. Other requests have gone unanswered.
Jarred Bean turns the spotlight of this series to working class immigrants, who bear the brunt of the racist targeting of our country's immigration system.
In addition to not being able to visit her father, Jennifer worries that her father is being refused his blood pressure medication.
Anthony Miranda wrote to us frequently about life at Northwest Detention Center, and his feelings of despair. Now deported, Anthony's poem conveys his emotional strength and determination to survive.
"The hardest part of the waiting for K was the not knowing, the fear of missing something that would help her case to stand out. It felt like we were flailing most of the time."
"He’s resilient and positive. He’s done his time, and he needs to be pardoned.”
"Tratan o intentan golpearte, tratan provocarte, tratan humillarte más fuerte. Dicen que deberían estar muertes en tu país--cosas feas, cosas que no te imaginas."
"They try to beat you, to provoke you, to humiliate you. They tell you that you should die in your own country—horrible things, things that you could never imagine."
