Platon - A provocateur

This collaboration between The People’s
Portfolio and Human Rights Watch
highlights immigrants whose stories

illustrate unjust immigration laws in the
United States—and in particular, the

destructive impact of deportations on
families.The project puts a human face
to provisions in the Immigration Reform Bill
that recently passed in the United States
senate, showing the very broad ways in
which the immigration system is broken,
and what changes are most desperately

needed.

Robin Reineke, 31 | Tucson, Ariz. |

Reineke, director of the Colibrî Center for Human Rights, holds the personal effects of
unidentified border crossers.
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Kathleen Velazquez, 18 | Phoenix |

Velazquez says her partner was arrested last year
in Maricopa County, Ariz., for working with false

documents. She says he spent more than 10 months
in immigration detention and missed the birth of his

son Aaron, pictured.

Roland Sylvain, 35 | New York City |

Sylvain, who says he left Haiti for the U.S. at age 7
and became a legal resident, now faces deportation

for allegedly forging his cousin’s signature on traffic
tickets in 2001. He poses with his wife Joeddy, 30, and

their son Joland, who are both U.S. citizens.

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Evelyn Velazquez, 3 | Phoenix|

Velazquez’s mother says her partner was
arrested last year in Maricopa County, Ariz., for
working with false documents. She says he spent
more than 10 months in immigration detention

and missed the birth of his son.
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Hilarion Warren Joseph, 46
| New York City |

Joseph is a green card holder and
decorated veteran of the Gulf War whom U.S.
immigration officials detained for three years

while they unsuccessfully sought to deport
him after his conviction for transporting

weapons. His son Japeri wears his uniform.
and missed the birth of his son.
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a provocateur
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