#StoriesFromKarnes: Maria* is from Haiti. She’s detained with her husband and her son.
Doctors say we need healthy diets to ensure we’ve a strong immune system but her son has stopped eating because the food is so bad.
Here’s what she told us:
“Whenever my son eats the food here, he always seems to get a stomach ache afterwards so now he does not want to eat anything.”
Her son has lost 2 pounds since they were detained, and the doctor told them it’s not a big deal.
Detainees are even made to buy water: “We even have to buy water here, using the little money that we are able to earn while here, because the water quality is not good and the water out of the tap here gives our son a stomachache.”
The biggest stress folks inside have is catching the virus: “We fear that because of how close we all are to each other, and the fact that people are coming and going here, that we are at serious risk to catch the virus.”
“If one person gets the virus, then we will all most likely get it. We are all concerned for our children. Meanwhile the officials here have not told us anything about the disease, they haven’t even mentioned it.”
She is asking to be released asap: “If we were able to live with our sponsor while we await our asylum claim, this would allow us to hopefully keep our family safe from the virus. We would also be able to provide better food for my son and make sure that he stays healthy.”
The stress Maria is under is unimaginable.
Nothing will change unless you join us in demanding ICE frees them all.
Please call up your Member of Congress and ask them to demand ICE #FreeThemAll.
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