Outside the gates of ICE, where hope and home so often collide, I witnessed once again how love—and the dignity it affirms—can make a home even in the shadow of exile.
While politicians celebrate Independence Day with fireworks and funding for new migrant jails, Casa Alterna reclaims the spirit of July 4th at the gates of ICE, where resistance and hospitality converge as a faithful act of freedom.
On a stretch of sidewalk outside Atlanta’s ICE office, a quiet revolution unfolds—where tenderness becomes resistance, and love dares to show up, morning after morning.