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In a video message that she shot before her arrest and detention, Claudio states she allowed herself to be caught by Customs and Border Protection in an effort to expose the abuses that happen inside immigrant detention centers.  Since Claudia has been detained inside the Calhoun County Jail for the past 10 days, she has witnesses numerous [...]

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A quick report back. Julio is still here. He wasn’t deported yesterday as he was told he would be. This means we have a few extra days to push ICE to grant discretion and allow for him to stay. Julio’s family has filed all the appropriate paperwork, now we just need ICE to make the [...]

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Meet Stanley. He’s been detained since September 5th at Pike County Correctional Facility here in Pennsylvania. While in detention an old hand injury contracted a staff infection, and Stanley was placed in medical isolation causing him to have a nervous breakdown. He has also been suffering stomach illnesses on and off as a result of [...]

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Kat Stacks is her online persona and her real name is Andrea Herrera; she’s been detained in a Louisiana detention center for exactly 2-years today. She’s not only a DREAMer but as a minor she was also the victim of sex-trafficking. Despite all of this ICE is refusing to release her to the care of [...]

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We received this letter from detainees at the Broward Detention Center. The letter was signed by 428 detainees currently held at the facility. The facility houses just over 700 individuals; 600 men and 100 women. We did not ask for this letter, rather detainees took initiative to draft it and send it to us on [...]

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Sign Petition and Help Free the Sri Lankan 6: Detained at Broward Detention Center in Florida During a protracted civil war that dragged on for nearly thirty years in Sri Lanka, the UN estimates that some 80,000 to 100,000 people were killed. Many victims had no ties to any of the armed groups, but got [...]

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This is an entry from MarcoX at UndocumentedOhio. Marco, along with Viridiana, infiltrated the Broward Detention Center July of this year. A great piece. Me contaron que estabas enamorada de otro y entonces me fui a mi cuarto y escribí ese artículo contra el Gobierno por el que estoy preso. – Ernesto Cardenal You wanna [...]

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We need your help, over the course of the last two months we’ve been running a project we call the Florida Detention Camp. This project entails having 5 or 6 organizers living in Lake Worth, Florida (24/7) and working with families of those detained at the Broward Detention Center. In order to keep this project [...]

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Everyday we find a new case that surprises us more than the previous one. This case comes to us via Florida, a father of an 8 year old autistic child is set to be deported tomorrow. Please make a call and help us change Alfonso’s fate: Sample Script: “Hi, I am calling to ask that [...]

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On April 24, 2012 , ICE conducted an raid at a Waste Management work site in Houston, TX. Waste Management is a national company that provides garbage, recycling and yard waste services. That morning, a total of 16 workers were detained and taken into immigration custody, none of them had a criminal record. Four of [...]

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