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Synopsis

“Caged Dreams” details the stories of Johannes Favi, Beatriz Batres, and Felipe Diosdado, who were previously detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and suffered long-lasting trauma due to their incarceration. The goal of the film is to paint a vivid picture of the emotional experience of immigration detention and the deep impacts on a person’s mental health and their loved ones.

Many Americans are shocked to learn that the United States government systematically deprives the liberty of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, refugees, and people seeking asylum, creating a system of immigration detention run by ICE. There are approximately 200 ICE jails across the country – the largest detention system in the world. ICE racially profiles and separates people from their loved ones and community every day based on what they look like, the language they speak, and where they work. ICE’s record of abuse is well-documented by people detained, immigrant rights advocates and the Department of Homeland Security’s own Office of Inspector General.

Johannes Favi, a father of three, was previously detained at the Kankakee Detention Center in Illinois. Beatriz Batres, a mother of three, was detained with her child at the Artesia Family Detention Center in New Mexico in 2014 (now shut down). Felipe Diosdado, a father of two who has resided in the U.S. for more than two decades, was previously detained at the Dodge Detention Center in Wisconsin after applying for a license at the DMV in his home state of Illinois. Together, Johannes, Beatriz, and Felipe are striving to raise awareness of the unspoken trauma people experience and continue to live after their release from immigration detention.

Currently, the number of people in ICE detention is at an all time high under the Biden administration, more than double than when he first took office. Immigration detention as a whole is unnecessary, rife with systemic abuses and completely arbitrary. Rather, people navigating their immigration case should be able to do so with their families and in their community -- not behind bars in immigration detention. For every person has the right to move and live freely, in community and with their family, without fear of being separated from their loved ones or displaced from their home.

STORYTELLERS

Johannes Favi

Felipe Diosdado

Beatriz Batres

About the Director, Johannes Favi: Johannes is originally from Benin in West Africa and has been building community in the Midwest in the fight for state legislation to end immigrant detention in Illinois. Johannes is the inaugural Freedom Fellow with Detention Watch Network and also serves as board member for the Illinois Community for D

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Beatriz Batres

Felipe Diosdado

Beatriz Batres

Beatriz came to US in 2014. She was detained in the Artesia Family Detention Center along with her 6 year old son, seeking asylum at the border while fleeing violence in El Salvador. After episodes of violence, she found herself confronting more trauma inside detention and began organizing from inside. After being released she continues her work as an organizer and a poet voice of the abuses she lived through and witnessed in detention. In 2020 she joined the DWN Formerly Detained Leaders cohort as a member of La ColectiVA where she later became part of their organizing team. In 2023, after 9 years of struggle, she finally won her asylum case. Walking alongside each other in the journey of healing and liberation is critical for Beatriz.

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Felipe Diosdado

Felipe came to the US in 1997. He is a member of Organized community against deportations (OCAD ) and a board member with the Chicago Community and Workers Rights(CCWR). He lives in Chicago with his wife and his two sons. Felipe is also an individual member of Detention Watch Network and joined the Formerly Detained Leaders cohort in 2020.

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Together, let's champion a world where dreams know no boundaries.

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STORYTELLERS

Johannes Favi

Felipe Diosdado

Beatriz Batres

Beatriz Batres

Felipe Diosdado

Beatriz Batres

Felipe Diosdado

Felipe Diosdado

Felipe Diosdado

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Welcome to Caged Dreams Film Productions

Watch Caged Dreams Film

Synopsis

STORYTELLERS

Johannes Favi

Felipe Diosdado

Beatriz Batres

Beatriz Batres

Felipe Diosdado

Beatriz Batres

Felipe Diosdado

Felipe Diosdado

Felipe Diosdado

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