United in the Fight for Liberation: Led by Black immigrants, detainees are going on a hunger strike.

Friends,

I share with you this very moving video on BlackLivesMatter from the Mesa Verde detention facility shared by Cal State University San Bernardino professor, Dr. Enrique Murillo.  Led by Black immigrants, these detainees are going on a hunger strike in opposition to police violence in solidarity with the BLM movement.  Dr. Murillo provides his commentary below.  Yes, we must end this carceral state.

-Angela Valenzuela

#BlackLivesMatter#blackpower #blacklove #FamiliesBelongTogether #FreeOurFamilies #detentioncenters #FreeTheChildren

Good morning dear friends,

This video is from immigrant detainees in the Mesa Verde detention facility.   

They wanted to let the world know that they stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement. Though they cannot be out on the streets with us, they are protesting the violence against Black Lives through a hunger strike led by Black immigrants. This is the 1st Black Lives Matter protest in ICE detention.

Dorm C's hunger strike is in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement, and against the system that kills, incarcerates, and detains Black lives.

They highlight the criminal justice system's clear disregard of human life. They demand change in our police, prisons, immigration and criminal justice systems that are not designed to foster nor protect life. The criminal justice system is based on racism, resulting in the disproportionate murder, incarceration and detention of the Black community. True immigration reform is interlocked with the Black Lives Matter Movement. We support Dorm C's vision of a world without racism, bars, and borders.

They reached out to Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity and asked them to help them create the video and expand their message.  Please take a break, watch the 4 minute video and then share it.