Immigrant Detention Quotes

“My work on Orange has taught me this: Human beings are not categorically bad because of their mistakes. They can learn from their errors and get back on track. No one should be forever written off because of one part of his or her history.”
― Diane Guerrero, In the Country We Love: My Family Divided

“I once heard of a class teacher who’d punish every student wearing a blue shirt whenever a student wearing blue shirt had committed a mistake. I thought that was pretty bad. I then heard of a class teacher who’d punish every student wearing a blue shirt whenever someone in blue shirt committed a mistake somewhere else. Clearly, the worst is not a reality.”
― Pawan Mishra

“If nightmares can become reality, why can't dreams?...I imagine a future where immigration prisons do not exist.”
― César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, Migrating to Prison: America's Obsession With Locking Up Immigrants