Julien Pereira

Julien Pereira is a 26-year-old French national who arrived in the United States at the age of 17 to pursue his studies and tennis career. Recently, he made headlines after sharing his harrowing experience of being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), highlighting the inhumane conditions and abuses within the detention system. After a series of administrative issues with his visa, he found himself in a federal detention center, where he witnessed the struggles of many immigrants, including those who had lived in the U.S. for years but faced deportation to countries they barely knew. His account sheds light on the complexities and injustices of the immigration system in the U.S.