Asylum Seeker Describes Ordeal in ICE Detention at Texas Center

Olivia, a 19-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo, shares her harrowing experience of being detained for months at the sprawling Dilley center in Texas, where she has lost significant weight and suffers daily headaches.

9 Apr, 11:00 — 9 Apr, 11:00

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A day in the life of a 19-year-old in ICE detention: ‘I feel that this nightmare is not going to end’

Olivia has been detained for months at the sprawling Dilley center in Texas. She has lost 20lbs, and wakes up every day with a headache Each day in detention feels like 48 hours for Olivia. The 19-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas for more than four months. Continue reading...

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Asylum Seeker Describes Ordeal in ICE Detention at Texas Center

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A day in the life of a 19-year-old in ICE detention: ‘I feel that this nightmare is not going to end’

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