Rocky and I had been together 12 years — what would happen to him, to us?

My name is Maria*. I have been living in the U.S. for 14 years, but now I am in immigration detention in Illinois. It is painful and exhausting when you don’t have anyone’s support. Being incarcerated because of this country’s immigration laws can be terrifying, and

by Rachel Prandini, Staff Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) Image Credit: John Moore/Getty Images Last week I spent the day at a “short-term” Customs & Border Protection (CBP) detention facility on the border in California. I was there to interview children who had recently been apprehended by CBP about

But I want you to know that I have the courage to keep going.

They threatened me, saying, “We will take away your children."

That hour became 10 hours in the plane, shackled.

All I was asking for was to receive the proper medical care before it gets worse.

The way in which Mr. Perez visibly reflected on and was affected by his path through detention and deportation proceedings impacted the class as a whole.

Most of the guards speak only English and they communicate by yelling.