The Long Journey Home | ACLU

ACLU 's new series, Letters to America , features individuals seeking asylum in the U.S. The series, available now, features several individuals sharing their heartwarming and often haunting experiences coming from all over the world to seek safety, freedom and opportunity.

The ACLU team members who met with our storytellers share behind-the-scenes reflections.

The resulting images are a record of everyday moments in the American dream.

Joseph shared how his family’s asylum journey had led them to Ohio .

The smile in his eyes as he spoke was ceaseless, unbreakable, and calm.

“My dream is to reach out to the sky,” Joseph told me.