Palestinian Immigrant Leqaa Kordia Speaks Out on ICE Detention's Echoes of Occupied Palestine

Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian immigrant who was released last month after spending a year in a Texas immigration detention center, has spoken out in an exclusive interview with The Guardian, drawing powerful parallels between the treatment of people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and the conditions faced by Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.

Kordia, who was detained by ICE following her arrest at a protest against Israel's war in Gaza, says she now sees it as her duty to denounce the 'human tragedy' of immigration detention in the United States. She believes there are many similarities between the two experiences, and she is determined to continue speaking up about the rights of Palestinians while also shedding light on the injustices of the American immigration system.

In her first print interview since her release, Kordia provides a compelling and first-hand account of the parallels she sees between life in an ICE detention center and the lived reality of Palestinians under occupation. Her story sheds critical light on the troubling intersections between the US immigration enforcement apparatus and the ongoing oppression of the Palestinian people.