Rashed Binrashed was 19 years old when he came alone to the United States to escape persecution following a civil war in his native country of Yemen. Several years later, as the result of some bad legal advice he received during the asylum process, he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. For more than two and a half years, Rashed was held at three different county jails near Chicago. In this video, Binrashed speaks about his experience in detention and the need for fair and humane reform of the immigrant detention system. His talk was part of a panel discussion held in conjunction with a special Chicago screening of the film "The Visitor" in October 2008, presented by Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center and the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights as part of the City of Chicago's Immigrant & Refugee Week and in partnership with Active Voice. For more information, visit www.immigrantjustice.org, www.midwesthumanrights.org, and www.activevoice.net/thevisitor.