Most days, Joshua Rubin is alone at his self-appointed vigil outside the Tornillo detention center. He’s a software engineer who is felt compelled to leave his job to bear witness to what’s happening here.
I can’t help standing here. I ask myself if that was my child in there, how long would I stand here?
Many of the kids are imprisoned at Tornillo for months longer than the 20 days the law says they can be held. That’s in large part because Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported some people who tried to pick up a relative. Now many are too afraid to come.
