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Music and Miracles: Mehdi’s First Month as a Free Man in America

Written by Christina Zawerucha. Edited by Mehdi Esmaili-Goloo and Alycia Calvert May has been a month…
Love Unites Us- Shaun & Sarai’s Wedding in ICE Detention

Love unites us even as systems work to separate us. This week, Humans of ICE was…
U, Guyana. From Queens, NY

U_ left Guyana a few years ago and has been living in Queens with his fiancee…
A ______, Pakistan. From Endwell, NY.

A___ came to NY from Punjab, Pakistan in 2021 on a Tourist visa to visit family…
M_, Azerbaijan. From Brooklyn, NY.

M___ was working as a Livery cab driver in Brooklyn when he was detained by ICE. …
F, Ghana

This person is in urgent need of a lawyer. If you are licensed to practice law…
S____, Thailand

The first thing I noticed about S_ was his smile. It was slight, but suggested a…
Humans of ICE Launch

Humans of ICE is a community storytelling project dedicated to supporting immigrants detained by ICE in…
EM

Interview collected by Kalieb & Travis 1/19/26 Em, an Iranian national, was detained upon his arrival…