the same day marriaga was released, manrique says she was also released, without explanation. she spoke with me via zoom from los angeles, california. >> ( translated ): i came to this country to ask for refuge and to be protected, but i felt even more threatened here. i said, they don't value my life here, either. my life is worth nothing here, as well. and that was hard for me to believe. >> reporter: manrique is still waiting for her day in immigration court to argue her asylum case, after spending 26 months in detention, 19 of them inside irwin county. >> ( translated ): seeing this documentary will open your eyes, and my intention by participating in it and allowing this to come out to the world is to show a reality that is affecting many people, thousands of people whose lives are being changed for good. before, we were people in crisis with problems, and today, we have many mo problems and more emotional scars. >> reporter: in may, secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas ordered ice to discontinue the use of irwin county detention center, saying: "d.h.s. deten