[Español abajo] Farmville, VA. July 7, 2022 — On July 6, 2022, individuals detained at ICA-Farmville Detention Center in Farmville, VA and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) agreed on terms to settle the Santos Garcia v. Mayorkas litigation challenging ICE’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at ICA-Farmville. …

In April 2020, we hosted a car caravan in Fairfax to call attention to the inhumanity of detention and incarceration at all times, and especially during a global pandemic. During the caravan, our comrades were targeted and harassed by Fairfax county police. The Free Them All VA fund formed in…

Farmville, Virginia. March 21, 2022 — Last week, people detained at ICA-Farmville, a private ICE jail run by Immigrant Centers of America (ICA), went on hunger strike after guards confiscated their personal belongings with no warning. The guards suddenly began enforcing a policy, which they claim was instituted by the…

[Moussa has been detained at Caroline Detention Center in Virginia for over two years. Below is Moussa’s written testimony] I was born on November 18, 1989 in the capital of Guinea, Conakry. In my country, I was doing computer installation and maintenance, and wanted to improve my knowledge in the…

“In America, you get incarcerated no matter what you do.” — Kon Kuac — BOWLING GREEN, VA. August 31, 2021 — Today, a group of 19 people detained at Caroline Detention Facility (Caroline) in Bowling Green, Virginia, filed a Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Complaint against the Department for Homeland Security (DHS), speaking out against physical and verbal abuse and racism, contaminated food and…

Farmville, VA. August 27, 2021 — Hanif is a 36-year-old Muslim man from Pakistan who has been detained in Virginia in Farmville Detention Center for close to three years. Free Them All VA has been supporting Hanif since April 2021. On August 25, Hanif entered his 14th day on hunger…

[On August 11th, Hanif testified at a Farmville Town Council meeting to ask them to end their agreement with ICE and help shut down the detention center for good. These are his words.] My name is Hanif. I am from Pakistan. I am an attorney in Pakistan. I came to…

[Louis is currently detained at the notorious ICA-Farmville detention center! Listen to and read his experiences in his own words.] I have been in immigration detention in Farmville since March 5, 2020. When I arrived here I wasn’t sick. But when I arrived here, I contracted COVID-19 while in immigration…

[Kon Kuac is currently being detained at Caroline detention center in Virginia. He is set to be deported to South Sudan soon, a country that didn’t even exist when he came to the US as a refugee. Below is Kon’s written and oral testimony.] Well, I want the story to…