JC's story is one of resilience despite being separated from his family at the border, locked in solitary confinement, and suffering from both medical and psychological issues while in detention - all prior to his being deported.

"Our system of mass immigration detention functions as torture. It must be abolished."

Targeted for his sexual orientation, and for his courage to assert his rights, Jesús has been subjected to multiple instances of solitary confinement.

This week, CIVIC is mourning the loss of two more people who died in immigration detention, Jean Carlos Jiménez-Joseph and Atulkumar Babubhai Patel. Both of these individuals died within 2 days of each other in Georgia. El Refugio, which is the CIVIC-affiliated visitation program at the Stewart Detention Center, was