Katherine Weathers of the Etowah Visitation Project crafts quits for the daughters of a friend deported after four years in detention Luis Fernando Estela Gomez spent four years in immigration detention in New Jersey and Alabama. He came to the United States 22 years ago on a tourist visa, and

Photo Credit: Matthias Zomer, Pexels *We all try to do huge things to end detention, but this, I think, represents the essence of visitation:* Re: Nixon Dear Judge Opaciuch, I have visited with Nixon as part of a volunteer visitation service at Krome since July 2015. I was born on

What this week’s non-decision on Jennings v. Rodriguez means for immigrants in detention awaiting a hearing On the last day of this term, the Supreme Court announced that it will re-hear arguments in [Jennings v. Rodriguez](http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/jennings-v-rodriguez/), the case about prolonged immigration detention

A short film produced by CIVIC and NYU’s Immigrant Rights Clinic CIVIC: You Tube Learn about the history, laws, and unjust realities of the U.S. immigration detention system in this short 5-minute film. *Narrated by Kristina Shull. Script by Rachel Levenson and Terry Ding at NYU’s Immigrant

How Patrick Thaxter, who spent three years in immigration detention, resisted deportation Patrick Thaxter is a former chef who now works quietly in the kitchen of a good friend in Germantown, Philadelphia. Originally from Jamaica, he traveled to the U.S. for a soccer tournament eighteen years ago. On that

8 detained asylum seekers, who were beaten and pepper-sprayed by guards as they began a hunger strike last Monday, have announced that they are re-launching their hunger strike today, Thursday, June 22nd, in the GEO Group-managed private prison Adelanto Detention Center. The asylum-seekers decided to resume the hunger strike after

Jose was detained at the Adelanto Detention Center in California for over a year, from 2015–2016 Photo Credit: Tina Shull My name is Jose U. I am 44 years old and have lived in the United States for 24 years in the San Fernando Valley in California. I have

*For Immediate Release, June 14, 2017* Press Contact: Christina Mansfield, Co-Executive Director, CIVIC CMansfield@endisolation.org; (802) 999–1025 Adelanto — On Wednesday June, 14, 2017, a group of nearly 30 women detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Adelanto Detention Facility have commenced a hunger strike to protest

Demands Include Fair Bonds, Political Asylum, and Better Detention Conditions *For Immediate Release: June 12, 2017* Victorville, CA — A group of 9 detained asylum seekers launched a hunger strike in Adelanto Detention Center in Victorville, California, an immigration detention center run by the private prison corporation GEO Group to demand