TJ spent six years in U.S. immigration detention Photo Credit: Helgi Halldórsson; Wikimedia Commons *This is Part II of TJ’s story. Part I, in which TJ details the circumstances under which he fled his home country and his six years in detention, can be found here. “Give me

by Nicole Ramos Photo credit: Nicole Ramos We walk single file through the port-of-entry: 14 asylum seekers, 3 attorneys, and a cadre of human rights observers. A Mexican official, who never quite identifies himself, begins to take video of us as we walk, surveying us for a reason that I

Maria Ortiz Cortez was released after being detained for a year and a half at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, CA Maria with her children, Brandon and Marisela **UPDATE: CIVIC was able to help raise Maria’s bond, and on her birthday, June 9, 2017, she was released

By getting Mexico to do its dirty work — and making tens of thousands of migrants more vulnerable to rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder. by Joseph Sorrentino Evelyn, an asylum-seeker from Guatemala; La Patrona, Veracruz *La Bestia* is running empty now. For years, the freight trains collectively known as “The Beast”

Human Rights Groups Release Report Focused on Georgia Immigration Detention Centers Photo Credit: Steve Pavey “SEGREGATION IS LIKE HELL. IT IS TOTAL ISOLATION.” -Detained Immigrant at the Stewart Detention Center “I HAVE BEEN AT THE DETENTION CENTER FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND I HAVE ASKED FOR NEW SOCKS, UNDERWEAR, AND BLANKETS,

I was advocating and litigating from inside ICE detention for over 6 years, and I have since been deported Photo Credit: Tina Shull Before I begin my rendition I respectfully request you to not include my name because of the very sensitive nature of my situation. I fear repercussions from

by Nicole Ramos Photo Credit: Nicole Ramos This little clutch is brought to you by an unintentional fashion designer currently warehoused in Otay Mesa Detention Facility, one of the many prisons in which we incarcerate asylum seekers. In the five months that my client has been imprisoned for daring to

by Tina Shull CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Lying May 10, 2007, the day my life split in two.In one life, I put on my cap and gown and went to my NYU graduation in Washington Square

by Ana Maria Fores Tamayo Originally published in the blog Adjunct Justice Photo credit: “Migration Is Not A Crime“ by Flickr used in conjunction with creativecommons For May Day, I will take part in one of the many marches against what trump is doing to immigration (I don’t capitalize