J. is an LGBT asylum seeker from Namibia currently detained in California “Boy with his dog,” by Louise Nienaber (2011). Charcoal and pastel on Fabriano. Source: SketchedOut I come from the Kavango tribe. It is an agricultural and fishing tribe settled along the Kavango river in what is today northeastern
Adom, an asylum-seeker from Ghana, was detained for over a year in U.S. immigration detention and deported — without ever having a credible fear interview Photo Credit: Tina Shull This is Adom’s story, in letters sent from immigrant prisons in California, New Jersey, and Louisiana: I was put in
by Joseph Sorrentino Left: Isamel; Right: Ezequiel ### Ezequiel Ezequiel is a Honduran I met in 2012 in Hermanos en el Camino, the shelter in Ixtepec, Oaxaca, where he was staying for a few days. He’d worked for several years in Florida as a housepainter before being deported and he
Muhammad, 30, is currently in immigration detention in California “Triton and Mermaid” by Carlos Espino. Photo Credit: Tina Shull My name is Muhammad.* I am thirty years old. For everyone there comes an incident that changes things. I also had an incident that changed my life. Now, I am far
Gabriel, 18, is detained in Kankakee, Illinois These drawings are from Gabriel Diego C. He is 18 years old and from Guatemala. He is currently detained at Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee, IL, and was transferred there from the Office of Refugee Resettlement when he turned 18. Psalm 23,
by Joseph Sorrentino The Menores en el Camino shelter in Oaxaca, Mexico. The numbers out front are the country codes for the Northern Triangle Countries. Salvador is 503; Guatemala is 502; Honduras is 504; Nicaragua is 505. ### Noel Noel had been walking for about ten hours when we met him
Support the Adelanto Refugee Bond Fund Artwork by Electra In June, Adelanto detainees began making headlines by going on three hunger strikes against impossibly high bonds and inhumane living conditions that include physical abuse and medical neglect. Now, eight original Central American hunger strikers and the 20 Haitians who later
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
[Español abajo] On July 20, over fifteen LGBT migrant youth embarked on the “First Trans Gay Migrant Caravan 2017” from Central America through Mexico. They plan to present themselves at the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona, to seek political asylum in the United States. From a press conference
