There’s A Better Way To Do This

There’s A Better Way To Do This

by | Feb 20, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

Dr. Linda Davis died
Tuesday February 17th
in a car crash around 7:45 am
during the potentially illegal pursuit
of Oscar Vasquez Lopez by ICE

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Lopez is from Guatemala
No one knows when he got here
but a federal judge
signed off on his removal
from the United States in 2024

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Chatham County Sherriff’s Office
has no record of criminal history
before Lopez was charged with
first degree homicide by vehicle
reckless driving
driving without valid license
and failure to obey a traffic control device

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Dr. Linda Davis
was a K-8 teacher at Savannah Chatham Public Schools
she was taken to the hospital
where she was pronounced dead
She was loved and will be missed
There will be counselors available
to support students and staff
“She always made you feel like you mattered”

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Chatham County Chairman Chester Ellis
said they would have assisted ICE
“We have a no chase policy
to help protect our citizens
more than it is anything else
So there may have been a different way
to corner the individual
So that he could not run
or that he could not cause
the accident that took the life of Dr. Davis”

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“I’m saying to the President
on down
to all our national leaders
There is a better way to do this“

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He Was A Man

He Was A Man

by | Feb 19, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

Geraldo Lunas Compos
died on January 3rd
He was a man
being held down by guards
until he stopped breathing
The autopsy report
ruled this man’s death
a homicide

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Compos was 55 years old
was the father of 4
He had been legally admitted 
to the United States of America
in 1996 from Cuba
He had lived in New York
for more than 20 years
He had served two terms in jail
for crimes he did commit
He had been free since 2017

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Compos wad detained
by ICE in September
and sent to Camp East Montana
on Montana Avenue
in El Paso
He had been placed in
solitary confinement
before he died

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Petechiae in the eyes prove
asphyxia is the cause
Campos’ injuries were consistent
with a hand or foot on the neck
Labs revealed
antidepressants and antihistamines
Campos had a history of bipolar and anxiety
There was no mention of suicide
in the report
until authorities saw the medical examiner’s report

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Geraldo Lunas Campos was pronounced dead
after paramedics arrived

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The First Confirmed Death of 2026

The First Confirmed Death of 2026

by | Feb 12, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

There is no picture of
Luis Gustavo Núñez-Cáceres
that I can find
This 42-year-old
Honduran citizen is
the first confirmed death of 2026
from an ICE Detention Center

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Arrested on November 17 in Houston
Núñez-Cáceres began at
The Montogomery ICE Processing Center
but within a week
he was moved to
The Joe Corley ICE Processing Center
on Hilbig Street in Conroe, Texas
He died at a nearby hospital
on January 6th at 4:31 am
from complication related to
congenital heart failure

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Both facilities listed are operated
by ICE-preferred contractor
The GEO Group, Inc
4 of the 7 people who died in December 2025
and at least 45 immigrants
have died while in the hospital
or promptly upon release from GEO Institutions

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The DHS Appropriations Act of 2018
mandates that ICE
publicize reports of in-custody deaths
within 90 days
ICE claims they are dedicated
to the well-being of the humans in their care
But a guard just pleaded guilty
to sexual abusing a detained immigrant
and no supervisor was charged
It seems there is no justice

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If screenings and assessments
healthcare and emergency services
are offered
If the well-being of detainees
is important
Why is there no one to hold accountable
Why is there no picture of Núñez-Cáceres

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Every Person is Important

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They Gave Him Pills For The Pain

They Gave Him Pills For The Pain

by | Feb 9, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry

“Our professionally trained medical staff
including licensed doctors and nurses
provide timely compassionate care
to all individuals in our custody”
said Emily Lawhead
spokesperson for
The Imperial Regional Detention Center Facility
in Calexico, California
at 1572 Gateway Road

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Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
died on January 9, 2026 at 1:18 am
He had been arrested on 11/16/25
in Newark, New Jersey
Within days of his arrival
at The Imperial
he was vomiting
and had pain in his stomach and chest
After a week he was tired when walking
and short of breath
They gave him pills for the pain

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His daughter was on the phone
with his friend
when she was told he had gone to the hospital
“They were worried because dad hadn’t come back”
While they spoke
a private line called to tell her he died
“I had hoped that my dad would get
out of that place
but not this way”
She never got to  say goodbye

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Yanez-Cruz was 68 years old
He loved his children
He loved watching his 6 grandchildren
open their Christmas gifts
He was a soccer fan
a painter and construction worker
He enjoyed when his daughter made baleadas
a traditional Honduran dish
He came from Honduras for a better life
He applied for protected status twice
and was denied

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baleadas

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He Can Not Go Home

He Can Not Go Home

by | Feb 3, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

Victor Manuel Diaz
died in ICE custody
at Camp East Montana
on Digital Road in El Paso, Texas
They found in unconscious
and unresponsive on January 14, 2026
Diaz is the third human to
have died there
since they opened last year

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Diaz was 36-years-old
he came to The United States
to earn money to build a house for his mom
He was arrested on January 6
in Minneapolis
His family in Nicaragua learned of
his detention
through his employer

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“I don’t believe he took his life
He was not a criminal
He was looking for a better life”
said his brother
in response to ICE saying
it was suicide
No one knows why his body
was sent to Fort Bliss
instead of the local medical examiner

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Diaz had his mother
two sons and siblings
back home
They say he was not depressed
What happened so that he can not go home?

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Rent Is Due

Rent Is Due

by | Feb 2, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

They’re all wearing masks
They don’t identify themselves
They are driving around in
unmarked vehicles
with tinted windows
They change their license plates
all the time

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In response we blow our whistles

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There is no one who is safe right now
Rent is due at the end of the month
and income earners have been stolen

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We live in a war zone
because of their lawlessness
There is need of those
who document what is happening
Deliver food and medicine
Take children to school

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I Hear His Cries

I Hear His Cries

by | Feb 2, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

The 5th person to die in ICE custody
this month
in the first 16 days of 2026
Herber Sanchez Dominguez
was only 34-years-old
He has a wife
and children

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Dominguez was found unresponsive
at 2:05 am on January 14, 2026
at The Robert A Deyton Detention Facility
in Lovejoy, Georgia
on Hastings Bridge Road

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We knew when he got here in 2023
he was captured
and released
with a notice to appear for an
immigration violation

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On January 7, 2026
Dominguez was arrested
for driving without a license
Language barriers compound
the obstacles immigrants must overcome

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Transparency 
and access to care
could save lives
Just because Heber was born in Mexico
his mental health should have counted

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I hear his cries

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Parody Was A Real Person

Parody Was A Real Person

by | Feb 1, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

Parody La was a 46-year-old male
La was last seen in Upper Darby Philadelphia
He left to get groceries on January 6, 2026
He had been detained
for hours before his family
knew he was gone

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La came here as a refugee
when he was 2-years-old
He’s never been to Cambodia
He’s really an American man
even though he lost his permanent residency
after some bad choices between 1992 and 2022

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Experiencing drug withdrawal
La was placed under medical observation
at the ICE Detention Center on Philadelphia Street 
His family questions the use of naloxone
when medical finding cite
anoxic brain injury
shock and multi-organ failure
He was not overdosing

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Parody was a real person
People loved him
He has a daughter named Jasmine
He died on January 6, 2026
after 2 days in the hospital
one of 32
to have died in detention
Every Person Is Important

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All I Really Got

All I Really Got

by | Jan 31, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

“Its gonna be hard to break me
because I have a strong spirit
and I grew up with a whole lot of love”
Keith Porter was shooting his gun in the air
celebrating New Years 2026 in Los Angeles
when an off-duty ICE agent shot him
adding to their record of making false and distorted claims

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“I got two beautiful young girls
and I’m going to raise them
the way I’m supposed to”
Porter held multiple jobs
and was a student aid to kids
with special needs
His friend says its hard to hear people
sully his reputation
“He loved to make you smile”

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“I pray I talk to God
I talk to family
Because at the end of the day
that’s all I really got
I feel rich”
He used to call his mother every day
to say I love you

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A Neighbor

A Neighbor

by | Jan 27, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

Alex Pretti never touched
the gun in his holster
the one he was licensed to carry
the one our second amendment protects
He had no criminal record

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Alex Pretti wasn’t a protester
he was a witness
He was an ICU nurse at the VA Hospital
He was helping a woman up
off the ground

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10 shots were fired
in less than 5 seconds
3 shots in his back
He had additional wounds
in his chest and neck

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Four or five ICE agents had him
on the ground
Even though it didn’t appear
he was trying to resist
Yet they felt the need
to shoot him
until and even after he was dead

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Pretti is the 2nd United States citizen
shot by federal officers this month
The media called the woman a protester
but she was a neighbor
said the business owner
who knew both of them

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3 Shots

3 Shots

by | Jan 27, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics

“I’m fine Dude
I’m not mad at you”
Renee Good‘s last words

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DHS Policy Says
ICE can shoot at a moving car
if it poses imminent threat of death
or serious bodily injury
to the officers or someone else

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But why?
Can dead people control where
their car crashes?

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20 years on the job
This ICE agent was an Iraq Vet
This was his second vehicle related incident

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3 shots
One in her arm
One in her breast
One in her head
Maybe this agent needs to retire

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Good was a mother and wife
She was a singer of songs and author of joy
And she will never pick up her son from school
again

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