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Viviana Arcia

ACLU Immigrant Rights' Project

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  • Immigrants' Rights

Stop Abusing Hunger Strikers at Adelanto

Omar Arnoldo Rivera Martinez fled to the United States from his native El Salvador to escape persecution and violence from organized gangs that use their power to extort, kidnap and kill with little consequences. He traveled thousands of miles over unforgiving terrain to seek asylum in the U.S. But what he found here was more violence and depravation – not on the streets, but in a U.S. immigration detention facility.