Moved by her experiences interviewing migrants and asylum seekers, this journalist has decided to help in a more tangible way: as an immigration lawyer.

"And I could only think about the little boy screaming my name, feeling scared, because they took me far away, handcuffed, in front of him."

This letter was written by a hunger striker at Yuba County Jail, who wants everyone know that although “we were denied most of our demands, we will keep on fighting and remain strong as one with God’s help and those who support us on the outside."

Intentional abuse and the criminalization of poverty: A first-time visitor to Adelanto reflects upon her experience, and the outrage it inspired.

Detained for 2 years, Honore lives with pain, inadequate food - and rats. "I am without hope to leave," he writes.

For Noheli, a Venezuelan woman who requested asylum, being bonded out and then welcomed into several volunteers’ homes made all the difference after spending four months in a California immigrant jail where she developed an infection.

Christina was with her husband when he was yanked off a bus for failing to produce his "papers." Then he was placed into a room with 20 other men and fed only a piece of bread, a slice of cheese, and water three times a day.

"I go to my bed with tears, disappointment and frustration." After a harrowing journey to reach the US and seek asylum, Salat Suraw Abdi has now been detained for over 28 months.

From racism to spoiled food: what life's like at the West Texas Detention Facility