The Women Asked ICE for Soap. They Got Pepper-Sprayed Instead.
The Women Asked ICE for Soap. They Got Pepper-Sprayed Instead. 3For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters. On March 25, Jennifer Avalos Barrios, a 24-year-old from Guatemala with two young boys in California, made a panicked call to her sister from an immigration detention center in Jena, Louisiana. “Call my lawyer,” she said, “and tell her …
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