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Reproductive Justice Activist Alejandra Pablos Freed from ICE Detention

HeadlineApr 20, 2018

And in Arizona, immigrant rights and reproductive justice activist Alejandra Pablos has been freed from the for-profit Eloy Detention Center, where she was detained for more than 40 days after she reported to a routine ICE check-in on March 7. Advocates say she was detained in retaliation for her activism, particularly for protesting outside the Homeland Security Department office in Virginia earlier this year. This is Alejandra Pablos, speaking in a Facebook video after being released on Thursday.

Alejandra Pablos: “I come out with so much like more intel, more stories inside, more ideas, more dreams of like how we’re going to get our women back. If we can’t destroy these walls, we’ve got to steal them back. The fight just has begun. I don’t want to be followed around anymore. I don’t want look over my back. I want to be able to drive my car without thinking that any police can change my life that day. So, a todos espero que sigamos en la lucha. Stay with me. We’ve got to ask Governor Ducey to do the right thing and to pardon me, to let me stay here without fear. I’m tired of feeling scared. I’m tired of being persecuted for just defending my life and defending everybody else.”

Immigrant activist Alejandra Pablos, speaking after she was released from ICE detention on Thursday.

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