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Claudia Munoz, Undocumented Immigrant, Infiltrates Michigan Detention Center

This Is What 'Undocumented And Unafraid' Looks Like
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National Reporter, HuffPost

Meet a woman who’s undocumented and extremely unafraid.

Claudia Muñoz, an activist that works with the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, turned herself in to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in order to fact-check the Obama administration’s assertion that it isn’t deporting low-level offenders.

Muñoz has been held in detention at Calhoun County Jail on April 4, according to DREAM Activist. The National Immigrant Youth Alliance coordinated “infiltrations” of ICE facilities in Florida last year.

Now 27, Muñoz arrived in the United States from Monterrey, Mexico at age 16 -- making her ineligible for the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, according to The Nation.

In a video recording she made and uploaded to YouTube before turning herself into ICE, Muñoz says:

"I used to be afraid at some point but I’m not anymore. I know there’s going to be people on the outside who have my back, and who have done this before, and they have given me the power as a community to be unafraid. And I will go in there and I will find every single person that’s in my situation that’s not supposed to be there in the first place.

Muñoz accuses ICE of not following prosecutorial discretion guidelines, saying there are 10 mothers in detention without criminal records. She spoke to Aura Blogado about other allegations of abuse detailed in an article at The Nation.

Hear what Claudia Muñoz has to say in the video above.

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Before You Go

6 Pols Against A Pathway To Citizenship
Lamar Smith (R-TX)(01 of06)
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The former head of the House Judiciary Committee, which handles immigration legislation, is a longtime opponent of a pathway to citizenship. Though some 57 percent of Americans support offering a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, Smith says the proposal would have a hard time passing the House. (credit:Getty Images)
Steve King (R-IA)(02 of06)
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Rep. Steve King, who is vice chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, has introduced bills to make English the official language of the United States and end birthright citizenship. (credit:AP)
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)(03 of06)
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Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who takes over for Lamar Smith as head of the House Judiciary Committee, opposes offering a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented, saying it would reward illegal behavior. (credit:Getty Images)
John Boehner (R-OH)(04 of06)
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Boehner famously called a 2007 bipartisan immigration bill that offered a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented "a piece of shit." It's not clear whether he plans to stick by those words. After the election he said he thought he could find common ground with the White House on immigration reform, though he wouldn't say whether he'd support a pathway to citizenship. (credit:Getty Images)
John Cornyn (R-TX)(05 of06)
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Sen. John Cornyn, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, made clear in a speech last week that he's not interested in a pathway to citizenship -- just more border security. (credit:AP)
Ted Cruz(06 of06)
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The first Latino U.S. Senator from Texas says he "categorically opposes" a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. (credit:AP)
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