Meet our latest Familias Reunidas Bond Recipient: Pascal

We are so happy to share we are on a roll and have freed yet another person from detention through our Families Reunidas Bond Program, Pascal . He is a 22 year old Togolese asylum seeker who was in detention for three months. He was detained in the Otay Mesa Detention Center, which continues to have an extreme number of COVID cases, and we are so glad to have one less person exposed.
It pains us knowing someone so young was detained at this facility and facing so much uncertainty. Thankfully, Pascal befriended another asylum seeker inside the detention center who was also freed the same night as he was! They were able to share a decent meal and relax before Pascal heads to Georgia to live with his new sponsor. We are so grateful to the fundraisers and support that continue to make this program possible. We wish him the best on his new life and journey ahead!
Let this story serve as a reminder of all the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and community members waiting in such conditions in detention, simply for seeking a place or a part in this country. Pascal represents so many others being subject to racist and inhumane policies, and we must not forget the urgency of getting everyone we can out of the Otay Mesa Detention Center. This pandemic continues to be unforgiving, and we will not allow any more lives lost. Again, we thank you for your support and ask you to continue to help us make sure our folks are #FreeAndAlive.