We met Brandon Garrison at the gates of Alligator Alcatraz and we had a conversation about his wife’s situation.
Gabriela entered the United States legally in 2023 through the federal humanitarian parole program created for Venezuelans fleeing one of the largest displacement crises in the Western Hemisphere. More than eight million people have left Venezuela in recent years. The program was meant to offer a lawful path for some of them to enter the country safely.
The U.S. government approved her travel authorization. She flew to Miami. Immigration officers inspected her and formally paroled her into the country.
Gabriela Lozano entered the United States through a program designed to provide safe passage to people fleeing a humanitarian disaster.
Today she sits in a jail cell while courts argue over whether the government can treat her as if she had just arrived at the border.
Five months have already passed.
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