These women exposed prison sexual abuse. Now ICE wants to deport them.

These women exposed prison sexual abuse. Now ICE wants to deport them.

This article was originally published by Truthout on Mar. 08, 2026. It is shared here under a  Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. In November 2022, a long-time permanent resident of the U.S. was released from FCI Dublin, a California federal women’s prison. A probation officer had visited and approved her to stay at her mother’s home. The woman, who asked to be identified here by the pseudonym “Cristal” due to fear of retaliation, was l…