{"id":13606,"date":"2022-08-04T10:47:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=13606"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:07:55","slug":"al-amin-porosh-aslyum-ayuda-a-los-detenidos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/08\/04\/al-amin-porosh-aslyum-helping-detainees\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuando Illinois cerr\u00f3 los centros de detenci\u00f3n, un detenido se asegur\u00f3 de que sus compa\u00f1eros inmigrantes recibieran ayuda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ee4e954e030\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>When Illinois decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2022\/02\/16\/immigration-ice-detention-immigrants-illinois-way-forward-act\/\">shut down its immigrant detention centers<\/a> earlier this year, advocacy groups and attorneys were left scrambling to find clients who had been abruptly transferred to jails and private detention centers across the country.<\/p>\n<p>At the McHenry County jail in suburban Chicago, Al-Amin Porosh, a 25-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh, proved to be a lifeline for information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ee4e954f40f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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\" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>\u201cThere was no communication from [Immigration and Customs Enforcement],\u201d said Karina Solano, a deportation defense coordinator at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.organizedcommunities.org\/\">Organized Communities Against Deportations<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cHe was instrumental in organizing. It was really important for us to be able to connect with the people inside and their families on the outside to coordinate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His efforts highlight the many challenges facing people caught in the world\u2019s largest immigrant detention system, a largely opaque network of local jails and private prisons spread across the United States. Close to <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/immigration\/quickfacts\/\">23,000 immigrants are detained<\/a> by ICE today. Nearly 70% of these immigrants have no criminal record \u2013 not even a traffic violation \u2013 and they include many people seeking safety in the United States like Porosh.<\/p>\n<p>Immigrants detained together often don\u2019t speak the same language and are frequently transferred between detention centers, making the coordination of resources and protesting dangerous conditions in detention \u2013 like freezing temperatures and poor sanitation \u2013 extremely difficult.<\/p>\n<p>But despite facing uncertainty around his own asylum request and the threat of deportation, fellow detainees say Porosh built a community behind bars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ee4e9551ffd\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/22.08.02-Al-Amin-2.jpg\" alt=\"Al-Amin Porosh on the phone in a jail\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">A screenshot of Al-Amin Porosh during a video call while detained at McHenry County jail in Woodstock, Ill., Jan. 28, 2022. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Photo courtesy of Organized Communities Against Deportation<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ee4e9552dfc\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>\u201cHe\u2019s somebody you would run to when you\u2019re stuck,\u201d said Amadi, a 28-year-old West African immigrant who asked to use a pseudonym in this story because of his pending immigration case.<\/p>\n<p>Amadi said he owed his recent release from immigrant detention to Porosh, who introduced him to the advocates who helped him get released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine if I had not met him,\u201d Amadi said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-committed-organizer\">&#8216;A Committed Organizer&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Porosh came to the United States in March 2021 and has been in detention ever since. He left Bangladesh in 2015, and after spending years in Malaysia he decided to come to the United States. When he arrived at the Chicago O\u2019Hare International Airport, he was arrested by ICE and was immediately sent to the McHenry County jail in Woodstock, 60 miles northwest of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Porosh and his lawyer, Marwa Jumma, declined to comment on why he fled Bangladesh, citing his asylum case and a deportation order.<\/p>\n<p>In an online petition for his release, OCAD <a href=\"https:\/\/ocadchi.salsalabs.org\/alamin\/index.html\">describes<\/a> Porosh as a \u201ccommitted organizer and service worker,\u201d who at the age of 16 was \u201cpersecuted, threatened, and physically harmed as a result of his political activism\u201d in a student-led movement in Bangladesh to promote democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came to this country to save my life, to get a better life, and then I can help people,\u201d Porosh said during a phone call with Borderless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69ee4e9553797\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-11218\" class=\"post-11218 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-enforcementandcourts category-investigation tag-claycountyjail\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/06\/08\/lawsuit-indiana-clay-county-ice-immigration-detainee-cash-cow\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/220608_NIJCLawsuit-2-featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Members of the Communities Not Cages Indiana Coalition in front of the Clay County Courthouse breaking a symbolic chain\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/06\/08\/lawsuit-indiana-clay-county-ice-immigration-detainee-cash-cow\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lawsuit: Indiana Jail Neglects Immigrants While Using ICE Funds as \u2018Cash Cow\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/chelsea-verstegen\/\" title=\"View all posts by Chelsea Verstegen\">Chelsea Verstegen<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/06\/08\/lawsuit-indiana-clay-county-ice-immigration-detainee-cash-cow\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">junio 8, 2022<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>After Porosh\u2019s asylum request was denied by an immigration judge last June, he was placed under deportation. His attorney has filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which is still pending.<\/p>\n<p>His experience seeking asylum is not unusual.<\/p>\n<p>As of mid-July, 22,886<a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/immigration\/detentionstats\/pop_agen_table.html\"> immigrants<\/a> were detained by ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection nationwide and an additional 296,250 immigrants were being monitored through ICE\u2019s Alternatives to Detention programs. In the 2021 fiscal year, as many as 63% of asylum cases were denied, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/immigration\/reports\/667\/\">TRAC<\/a>, a nonpartisan data-gathering organization at Syracuse University. That compares to a peak denial rate of 71% during the Trump Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Many immigrants also face long waits in detention. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/humanitarian\/refugees-and-asylum\/asylum\/affirmative-asylum-frequently-asked-questions\/questions-and-answers-affirmative-asylum-eligibility-and-applications\">U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services<\/a>, a decision should be made on an asylum application within 180 days of filing. But an analysis by <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/immigration\/reports\/672\/#:~:text=Current%20wait%20times%20for%20cases,See%20Table%201.&amp;text=*%20This%20includes%20666%2C218%20asylum%20application,additional%20~1%2C000%20cases%20filed%20previously.\">TRAC<\/a> last year of asylum cases filed in court since 2001 found that more than 667,000 asylum seekers are still waiting for a hearing on their case. The current wait time for the completion of an asylum case is nearly four and a half years.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Porosh has spent more than 16 months in immigrant detention at jails in four different states, after being denied release under supervision four times. Jumma said the decisions were issued without explanation from the court.<\/p>\n<p>The time Porosh has spent in detention awaiting asylum in the United States is similar to the length of a jail sentence for a felony conviction, said Jumma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has no criminal history whatsoever. He is not a threat to the community,\u201d Jumma said. \u201cHe is a person of moral character, an honest person helping others.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"creating-a-network-of-support\">Creating A Network of Support<\/h2>\n<p>Alex Ortiz, a 27-year-old immigrant from Mexico, spent three months with Porosh at the McHenry County jail. Their cells were not far from each other, and the two became friends.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled a night when he, Porosh and an elderly detainee were asked to clean their sections of the block. Porosh rushed to finish cleaning his section so that he could do the older person\u2019s area in time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not just saying he wants to help,\u201d said Ortiz. \u201cHe\u2019s actually helping, and I think that\u2019s remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ee4e95575bf\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/22.08.02-Al-Amin_web-4.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Ortiz wearing a black t-shirt outside hands clasped in front of him\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Alex Ortiz in the Gage Park neighborhood of Chicago, Ill., Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Ortiz spent time in an immigration detention facility where he built a friendship with Al-Amin Porosh, an immigrant from Bangladesh. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Jonathan Aguilar\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ee4e95581cc\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>After Illinois changed its law so that county jails could no longer hold immigrants for ICE, Porosh reached out to other immigrants and connected them with organizers like OCAD\u2019s Solano, who could pass on information to immigrants\u2019 families and provide resources like legal assistance. When people were placed in solitary confinement, he alerted advocates so they could keep track of those who they had not heard from.<\/p>\n<p>Porosh is frequently in touch with them about detainees who need help, Solano said. Even in the wake of almost getting deported last June, Porosh called her to help a Guatemalan detainee, whose case was to be reviewed, find housing for after their release.<\/p>\n<p>He also created a \u201cnetwork of support inside,\u201d according to OCAD, leading some detainees to be more involved and vocal about the conditions of their detention. That included a <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/REDACTED-letter_Part1.pdf\">collective letter<\/a>* protesting conditions at the McHenry County jail signed by 30 people last winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have all been detained for too long without being allowed to see a judge, due process,\u201d according to the letter, which cited issues like, \u201cfreezing\u201d temperatures in cells and poor food quality and medical care. \u201cThey are playing Russian roulette with the lives of ICE detainees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter also protested a practice of quarantining healthy detainees in their cells during the pandemic, isolation that had negative impacts on people\u2019s mental and physical health, according to the letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just goes to show the power of connecting to one another and working together, even when you&#8217;re in absolute solitary confinement,\u201d Solano said.<\/p>\n<p>Porosh, who worked in the kitchen at the McHenry jail, sent all of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/10\/wages\/\">meager earnings<\/a> to his parents and younger sister in Bangladesh. His asylum case and his family\u2019s situation weighed heavily on him. Wanting to cheer him up, Ortiz and other detainees would chip in every Friday to buy him one of his favorite foods: plain cheese pizza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose were the moments where we could really see him laugh and be a bit more relaxed,\u201d Ortiz said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"if-i-help-people-its-not-for-me\">\u2018If I Help People, It\u2019s Not For Me\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Whether or not Porosh can stay in the United States remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, he was placed under deportation proceedings and transferred from the McHenry jail to the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. Illinois&#8217;s 9th district U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky then intervened to freeze his deportation, pending a decision from the court. With the closure of detention centers in Illinois, Porosh was brought back to the Kay County jail in Newkirk, Oklahoma, where he turned 25 last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t do anything for my birthday, because I\u2019m in jail,\u201d Porosh said. \u201cI don\u2019t care about that now. I just need a good life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Porosh said he came to the U.S. because of threats to his life and to help his family back home. When he\u2019s released, he wants to find work that will allow him to give back to the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome [people] think when I help, maybe I\u2019ll get benefits. I just help because I read the Quran,\u201d Porosh said. \u201cI know one day I\u2019ll be dead, so if I help people, it\u2019s not for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ee4e95591ad\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/22.08.02-Al-Amin_web-1.jpg\" alt=\"poem written on paper \u201cSome wish has fallen today,\u201d the poem reads. \u201cBut we will stand up \/ As long as the sun keeps rising.\u201d\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Alex Ortiz shows a poem that he wrote with Al-Amin Porosh while they were detained at McHenry County jail, pictured in Chicago, Ill., Tuesday, July 26, 2022. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Jonathan Aguilar\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69ee4e9559d10\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Before he was transferred south, Ortiz and Porosh often hung out in the common area of their Illinois jail to chat about their life, family and dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz, who was released in January, recalls a night in November when he and Porosh sat down to draw a picture together. He still has the picture, and often looks at it and thinks about his friend.<\/p>\n<p>The picture shows a man sitting on a ledge under a glaring sun, overlooking the crop fields that remind Ortiz of his own home in rural Mexico. On the back of the paper, they wrote a poem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome wish has fallen today,\u201d the poem reads. \u201cBut we will stand up \/ As long as the sun keeps rising.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"margin-top: 12.5px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12.5px;\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"\" data-color=\"default\" class=\"divider-border\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><em>*This is an excerpt from a three-page letter signed by 30 immigrant detainees at the McHenry County jail. 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