AcknowledgementsThis report was researched and written by Megan McLemore, researcher with the HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program. It was reviewed by Joseph Amon, Director of the HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program; Rebecca Schleifer, Advocate with the HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program; David Fathi, Director of the US Program; Alison Parker, Deputy Director of the US Program; Aisling Reidy, Senior Legal Advisor; and Iain Levine, Program Director at Human Rights Watch. Support was provided by intern Janet Kang. Production assistance was provided by Clara Presler, Grace Choi, Andrea Holley, and Fitzroy Hopkins. The report was translated into Spanish by Laura E. Asturias. The cover was designed by Rafael Jimenez. The author would like to thank the brilliant and tireless immigrant rights attorneys and advocates who provided invaluable advice and assistance during the course of the report, including Sunita Patel of the Legal Aid Society of New York, Tom Jawetz of the ACLU National Prison Project, Laurie Aronoff of HALSA, Bardis Vakili and Ranjana Natarajan of the ACLU of Southern California, Megan Mack of the ABA Commission on Immigration, Sarah Sherman-Stokes of the CAIR Coalition, Andrea Black and Angela Smith-Dieng of the Detention Watch Network, Rebecca Sharpless and Jessica Zagier of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Claudia Valenzuela, Jonathan Eoloff and Tara Magner of the National Immigrant Justice Center, Dominique Quevedo of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Eleanor Acer of Human Rights First, attorneys Charles Wintersteen, Linda Rodriguez and Shawn Moore and many others. A special thanks to Rachel Tiven and Victoria Neilson of Immigration Equality and a tribute to the fine work of Sarah Sohn on detained immigrants with HIV/AIDS during her Fellowship at Immigration Equality. Most of all, many thanks to the current and former detained immigrants with HIV/AIDS who were courageous enough to share their experiences for this report. |