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On Resistance, Hunger Strikes, and Sanctuary

#ImmigrationDetentionSyllabus N., “Resistance,” pencil on paper. The Refugee Art Project The **#ImmigrationDetentionSyllabus** is a sixteen-part series of readings and tools to support education, research, and action to dissect and dismantle the U.S. immigration detention system. The syllabus is organized by theme and curated by historian [Tina Shull](https://medium.

On Abolition

#ImmigrationDetentionSyllabus Syrian refugee children art show in Long Beach, CA. Photo Credit: Kayra Martinez The **#ImmigrationDetentionSyllabus** is a sixteen-part series of readings and tools to support education, research, and action to dissect and dismantle the U.S. immigration detention system. The syllabus is organized by theme and curated by historian

On Survival: Tools for Building Community Resilience

#ImmigrationDetentionSyllabus Kamaleshwaran Selladurai, “The Fire,” oil on canvas. The Refugee Art Project The **#ImmigrationDetentionSyllabus** is a sixteen-part series of readings and tools to support education, research, and action to dissect and dismantle the U.S. immigration detention system. The syllabus is organized by theme and curated by historian [Tina Shull]

Free the #Rainbow 16 from Immigration Detention

Sign the Petition Photo Credit: Kendal Blust at Nogales International As Kendal Blust reported for [Nogales International](http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/lgbtq-migrants-ask-for-asylum-at-deconcini-port/article_62fdc58e-7e2f-11e7-820e-8f1c72d2f02a.html) on August 10, 2017: Lined up along the narrow, shaded passage south of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora on Thursday

Hunger Strikers Handbook

A project of the Northwest Detention Center Resistance Artwork: NWDC Resistance [Español abajo] The Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, WA, is one of the largest immigration prisons in the country, with the capacity to hold up to 1,575 people. On Friday, March 7, 2014, over one thousand people

Abolishing Immigration Prisons

by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Associate Professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández in the classroom at University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law. Source: YouTube Read **“Abolishing Immigration Prisons”** by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, published in the Boston University Law Review and the

La Luche Sigue / The Struggle Continues

Alex Mensing reflects on supporting the #Adelanto8 and over 50 hunger strikers at the Adelanto Detention Center over the past month Members of the Viacrusis Refugee Caravan. Photo Credit: Alex Mensing [en español abajo] One month ago, on June 12th, nine brave Central American asylum seekers refused to eat the

I have been to these states in chains and pain

Thomas was deported to his home country in Africa in April of 2017 after being in immigration detention for over three years Photo Credit: Tina Shull This is Part II of Thomas Dube’s story. Read Part I here Thomas was deported to his home country in Africa in April

Exposed: The Injustice of 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