Marie Jeannard

Scrawny little kids. No smile. I have a baseball cap in my head. My hair was disheveled. I mean, it's just... I wish I was that size again, though. But a scary-looking kid. I looked like I was afraid for my life.

Scrawny little kids. No smile. I have a baseball cap in my head. My hair was disheveled. I mean, it's just... I wish I was that size again, though. But a scary-looking kid. I looked like I was afraid for my life.

You could have multiple interviews with multiple different people just to try, I guess, to try to catch you in the lie. Like, if people weren't telling the truth, the story wasn't always consistent.

You could have multiple interviews with multiple different people just to try, I guess, to try to catch you in the lie. Like, if people weren't telling the truth, the story wasn't always consistent.

I know there was no way, you know, they would send us back, meaning like my dad and myself, you know, based on our story. You know, being a naive kid, thought maybe I'll be there for a few weeks. Marie says that at Guantanamo, they were fed packaged military meals. My favorite was the omelets with the hot sauce, Tabasco sauce in it.

I know there was no way, you know, they would send us back, meaning like my dad and myself, you know, based on our story. You know, being a naive kid, thought maybe I'll be there for a few weeks. Marie says that at Guantanamo, they were fed packaged military meals. My favorite was the omelets with the hot sauce, Tabasco sauce in it.

It was a massive camp. Tent after tent, green tents. We have Camp 1 through Camp 7. Camp 7, we all know that's where all, if you get into a fight, you would get arrested. They would send you to that camp. Camp 7 was the jail camp, is what I call it. I was in Camp 3. Camp 3 was mostly families, people who have, adults who have children, so it was family camp.

It was a massive camp. Tent after tent, green tents. We have Camp 1 through Camp 7. Camp 7, we all know that's where all, if you get into a fight, you would get arrested. They would send you to that camp. Camp 7 was the jail camp, is what I call it. I was in Camp 3. Camp 3 was mostly families, people who have, adults who have children, so it was family camp.

It's literally deserted because there was, you know, really no more people left except for these people who were HIV positive.

It's literally deserted because there was, you know, really no more people left except for these people who were HIV positive.

My day-to-day? I would wake up in the morning. My dad had kitchen duties. We actually have a kitchen where we could actually cook some decent food. By 11 o'clock, 10 o'clock, we would be done. We used to play cards and dominoes from like I don't know, from anywhere from 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock in the evening. Once in a while, we would get a movie.

My day-to-day? I would wake up in the morning. My dad had kitchen duties. We actually have a kitchen where we could actually cook some decent food. By 11 o'clock, 10 o'clock, we would be done. We used to play cards and dominoes from like I don't know, from anywhere from 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock in the evening. Once in a while, we would get a movie.

And I remember the first movie I ever, ever watched, an American movie, was Basic Instinct. Wow, that's quite a choice for a 13-year-old.

And I remember the first movie I ever, ever watched, an American movie, was Basic Instinct. Wow, that's quite a choice for a 13-year-old.

There's no school, no education, no nothing, and you just sleep and do it again the next day.

There's no school, no education, no nothing, and you just sleep and do it again the next day.

And a lot of us, myself and all the kids, we resented our parents.

And a lot of us, myself and all the kids, we resented our parents.

Yeah. So, yeah, we talked about it. But we were, as kids, we were so brainwashed with what our parents was telling us. You know, our parents telling us that, you know, we're not really HIV positive. It's a lie. They're just saying that because they don't want us to go to the U.S., So, you know, all those people, they were political asylum seekers who were deemed to be asylum seekers.

Yeah. So, yeah, we talked about it. But we were, as kids, we were so brainwashed with what our parents was telling us. You know, our parents telling us that, you know, we're not really HIV positive. It's a lie. They're just saying that because they don't want us to go to the U.S., So, you know, all those people, they were political asylum seekers who were deemed to be asylum seekers.