Steve Li, the 20-year-old City College of San Francisco student who has returned to San Francisco after spending more than two months in ICE detention, has given an interview to KQED's Mina Kim. Listen to the interview below.
Li, an undocumented immigrant, was freed after Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced a private bill to delay his deportation until after Congress considers the DREAM Act. That legislation would allow certain otherwise deportable students to obtain conditional permanent residency, good for six years.
In the interview, Li describes in detail his arrest at home and his detention.
"They don't treat you like people," Li said of his handling by ICE agents at his arrest. "They are very rude. They treat you as a criminal. I was just going to school studying. To be treated like that was a very difficult experience."
Li said he shared a cell, with three toilets and four showers, with about 60 other people. He said he talked to his family at least once a day, and that his lawyer kept in contact with him about his case.