Mothers in Detention: Stories from the Interfaith Welcome Coalition
Channel: NOWCastSA
Date: 2015-05-27

These are the stories of members of the Interfaith Welcoming Coalition, who have been visiting the Central American mothers and children in the Karnes City detention center after coming to the U.S. seeking asylum. 
Since 2014, women and their children, who fled violent and murderous gangs in El Salvador, Honduras  and Guatemala, have been jailed by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, in a  608-bed facility in Karnes City, Texas and a 2,500-bed facility in Dilley, Texas.
Only a few women and children have been released, and that was after being ordered to post bonds of as much as $20,000, despite a federal court judge's ruling against the government, and a hunger strike that drew attention to the women's cause from human rights advocates and Congress.