It wasn't all about walking. To sustain the yearlong boycott, they built a massive organized carpool system with 40 pickup stations around the city; at their peak, they were giving 15,000 rides a day. The police harassed them. Politicians and commentators called them disruptive. But they persisted.

ICE started holding people at the Fort Bliss, El Paso location in late July/early August. It is now the largest detention center in the country.

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