Ellie Belle

We are so powerful.

And I think that that scares people because that's a lot of responsibility.

But again, that's really only so much responsibility if you see yourself as an individual as opposed to part of a collective.

If you see yourself as bearing a piece of responsibility as part of a collective, the same way that ants all move in a colony and carry like a piece of bread together,

Maybe you wouldn't feel so much overwhelm because you would understand that we are in this together.

And I think that we really owe that to each other to reframe that in our minds and in our nervous systems as well, so that we can just like maybe shut up and show up.

Totally, totally.

So, sure, locking back into what is happening on a more micro level, giving an example of how ICE is dehumanizing

immigrants in detention, whether they are here, quote unquote, illegally or not.

Albero is not here illegally.

Okay.

He's going through the asylum process.

When the immigration attorneys on our organizing team spoke with Albero and specifically asked about his conditions at Fay County, he said that, and granted this, I believe was sometime in the last week.

I think they haven't spoken to him in maybe a week.

it's been hard to, but when they asked about his conditions, he said that he had all the basics is now being given three meals a day and was at least at that point being administered medication.

We don't have very good context and accurate data on how often that's actually been happening.

He has a severe seizure disorder and he requires medication.

medication to be administered at least, I think, twice a day.

And even one missed dose can be fatal.

It's been a while since they've been able to talk.