Ram n feels horrible. For once in his life, he feels like a delinquent. But they have heard it before. Placed in a cell, he meets other immigration kids. They are mixed in with thieves and other serious juvenile offenders.
Fights break out, and the guards do nothing but wait and see who wins.
Ram n closes his eyes as he remembers when Do a Elena's sons would do the same to him. Three days after Christmas, Ram n is brought into an Arizona courtroom in shackles and slippers. It is his asylum hearing before an immigration judge who will decide if he stays or goes. Sitting in chains, Ram n is afraid of the men in the room. With the help of a woman who translates for him, he relates his beatings at the hands of Nicaraguan police and other gangs.