October 2008
5 posts
“Many greetings from prison, hoping things come out with much success.
About a...”
– May 22nd, 2008 Livingston, TX
By May of this year, Arcadio had been in prison for approximately seven months. Although his spirits were still high, being in prison with other detainees could be both emotionally draining and, at times, physically threatening.
ICE agents arrest and deport immigrants for a number of reasons: VISA issues, being simply undocumented, and in some cases criminal activity. Due to space issues, a...
“Many greetings in this season of Resurrection, a new time for the renewal of...”
– March 31st, 2008 Livingston, TX
“I hope everything is going well for you.
Today I write to you from my...”
– May 11th, 2008 Livingston, TX
September 2008
9 posts
“What’s up my friend? I hope that you are doing well with your health and...”
– February 7th, 2008 Livingston, TX
“Well, here I am writing again, since last Friday they intended to move us to a...”
– January 18th, 2008 Livingston, TX
Transfer to Livingston, TX
Immigrants who are detained are often in transit from one location to another, many times unable to communicate to friends and family that they are being moved. In January of this year, Arcadio was relocated from Houston to Livingston, Texas where he continued to track his asylum case and also talk with Guatemalans and Hondurans who had fled from the violence in their communities.
In the...
“I was in court this morning. I didn’t want to listen to my heart that was...”
– January 8th, 2008 Houston, TX
“What’s up!
As the months have passed since the beginning of our project,...”
– December 2007 Houston, TX
“Many greetings from Houston! I hope that you are doing well with our friends in...”
– December 4, 2007 Houston, TX
The Process Begins
After Arcadio was arrested at the Houston Airport in November of 2007 for illegally being in the United States, he was escorted to jail and waited for his asylum case to move forward.
As two months passed, Arcadio was informed that the final decision on his case would be held until April, meaning that he would spend the next six months in a make-shift prison. He gladly accepted the situation...
Introduction to the story of Arcadio Salanic...
Although Arcadio Salanic Salanic had previously made several legal trips between the United States and his war-torn home country of Guatemala, he was detained on November 3rd, 2007 because of an issue with his VISA. Instead of simply going through with the deportation, and thereby giving up his ability to travel legally into the United States, Arcadio applied for asylum in the U. S.
Even though...