ICE has detained this high schooler for 10 months. Here’s what he and his classmates want you to know

Dylan Lopez Contreras, a senior at Ellis Prep academy, was taken by ICE in May. The Guardian invited him and five of his classmates to share their lives and dreams The students at Ellis Prep academy – like most high schoolers – have a lot on their mind right now. Essay deadlines, college applications, younger siblings and dance rehearsals. But also, the immigration operations across the US and the president’s goal of “mass deportations”. Continue reading...

By Maanvi Singh, with words and photography by Ellis Prep academy students