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NIYA Youth Infiltrate Broward Detention Center
Over the course of the last month, as the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, we have been working hard to infiltrate into select detention centers around the country to see what is really happening. On June 17th, 2011, President Obama, through Read More …
Spending X-Mas in Detention
Carl contacted DreamActivist through our contact form to share the story of his legal immigrant friend who was in detention. His point was that the system isn’t just broken for undocumented immigrants here but even for those who try to Read More …
Trangender Asylee Speaks Out About Immigrant Detention
Courage comes in many different forms. For Esmeralda a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico who faced horrific circumstances in immigration detention, it came in the form of seeking justice. Kept in a segregated cell with other transgender detainees, Esmeralda never Read More …
Musings
The last few weeks were thoroughly exhausting. Between the long week in D.C., the non-gay drama (highly boring) of my father and some promigrant bloggers, a horrible court decision against us, the exhausting but exhilarating National DREAM graduation and efforts Read More …
Stop the Deportation of Walter Lara
“…doesn’t matter what they tell you. YOU belong here.” Advice DO NOT SIGN A VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE. EVER. Walter Lara, age 23, came to the United States from Argentina 20 years ago. Unless Congress or the Department of Homeland Security intervenes Read More …