Ali, a Pakistani-born, HIV+ gay man, had been living in New York City for 30 years with a Green Card. He spent more than a year suffering in immigrant detention and fought to get the medicine he needed to survive. He says, “There’s no benefit for HIV+ or AIDS people. If you die in your room they don’t care.” Watch Ali’s story and take action to ensure that the U.S. government creates legally enforceable detention standards and implements cost effective alternatives to detention.
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Restore Fairness
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“Restore Fairness” produced by Breakthrough in association with 26 leading organizations, calls for the U.S. government to bring back due process and fairness to the immigration system. The video features the powerful voices of Congresswomen Zoe Lofgren and Lucille Roybal-Allard, Judges Dana Marks, Bruce Einhorn, civil society leaders Anthony Romero, Donald Kerwin, Karen Narasaki and … More »
Agatha Joseph: Exposing Detention
Agatha Joseph’s daughter was only 17 when she was placed in detention. She spent 3 years fighting for her case in 7 detention centers—all for making a small mistake as a teenager. Agatha tells how officials treated her daughter, “She was in a gymnasium that housed 200 people. There was only one exit door and … More »
Sandra Kenley: Death by Detention
Sandra Kenley, a 52-year-old grandmother, who after living in the U.S. legally for 33 years, was subjected to degrading and grossly inhumane conditions, which led to her untimely death. Her sister June Everett says, “Sandy died trying to do the right thing. She died because the American system failed her, a system we believed in, … More »
Warren Joseph: Military Man Faces Deportation
Warren Joseph, a Trinidadian who came to the U.S., obtained his Green Card and chose to do the ultimate American act – join the Army. After returning from the war in Iraq he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and languished for 3 years in inhumane immigrant detention. He says, “There’s many physical abuses up … More »You can stop the erosion of our fundamental human rights
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