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NEW: We just launched a campaign at #SXSW2019 to demand @CBP & @ICEgov put a stop to hieleras— “ice boxes” migrants are held in at the border.
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@JerrySilguero & @yocelyn_riojas created this powerful exhibit.
It's free @ 308 Guadalupe St Austin today & tomoro.
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@JerrySilguero & @yocelyn_riojas created this powerful exhibit.
It's free @ 308 Guadalupe St Austin today & tomoro.
The hielera is a large room w/frigid temperatures similar to conditions in ICE holding cells.
We’re playing an audio story of our client recounting her time held in one & projecting the translation of the audio.
We’re playing an audio story of our client recounting her time held in one & projecting the translation of the audio.
We’ve created sculptures of children because thousands have spent time in these hieleras.
In December, a 5-month-old toddler was hospitalized w/pneumonia after spending five days in a hielera.
Each child has a flower inside representing growth, dreams, & aspirations.
In December, a 5-month-old toddler was hospitalized w/pneumonia after spending five days in a hielera.
Each child has a flower inside representing growth, dreams, & aspirations.
Nearly all migrants who cross the border spend at least one to three days in a hielera; many spend longer.
We have clients today at the Karnes Detention Center whose children are sick because of the time they spent in the cold room.
hrw.org/report/2018/02…
We have clients today at the Karnes Detention Center whose children are sick because of the time they spent in the cold room.
hrw.org/report/2018/02…
We’re doing this because la hielera is one of the first experiences migrants have when they reach U.S. soil.
Most people in the U.S. know nothing about the degrading conditions into which our government forces people when they arrive in this country.
#AbolishICEBox
Most people in the U.S. know nothing about the degrading conditions into which our government forces people when they arrive in this country.
#AbolishICEBox
Every migrant held in the hieleras—& that means almost all migrants who cross the border—speaks out against the inhumane conditions they face: intense cold, little or no natural lighting, few provisions but a Mylar blanket.
The hielera is a snapshot of our immigration system, a look into the modern-day detention centers that the country is operating across the southern border, with little transparency or accountability.
All photos by Sarahi Rojo.
All photos by Sarahi Rojo.
We are calling on ICE &CBP to stop the practice of holding immigrants in freezing rooms while they are detained. This is an unnecessary & cruel practice. It must end.
If you are in Austin this weekend, come see what your government does.
#SXSW2019
If you are in Austin this weekend, come see what your government does.
#SXSW2019
“I was biking by and stopped to see, I wanted to see what a holding cell for children at the border is like. As a child of immigrants I just can’t imagine being in this situation...”
#AbolishICEBox
#SXSW2019
#AbolishICEBox
#SXSW2019
