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Access that's very very, very difficult. it made it possible for me to get inside an i.c.e. facility that i probably never would have been able to get into otherwise. the detention center at one point, and i wrote about this in the "new york times" magazine story that i published last year, did sever my access to the video app. and some of the people inside lost access to the tablets that they used to have these conversations. i was able to sign back up and sign back in and continue have these conversations and collecting footage that ultimately resulted in the documentary of the facility. >> ...

>> nilson, how are you feeling about this? i mean, like, it's reached this point, but also you don't know what they're going to do? >> i try to be strong, to hold on. it's really hard. there is so much going on outside. they're forgetting about us. >> can you just keep it running? >> there is nobody infected in this facility. okay, let me tell you something. my name is nilson, i put a lawsuit, okay? >> okay.

Idea. nilson had been pulled over for a driving violation and was locked up in i.c.e. detention after an arrest following the driving violation. andrea had come to los angeles from colombia by plane with a tourist visa. >> right. >> intended to enter the country, but when officials at the airport asked her if she feared returning to her country she was detained and treated as an arriving asylum seeker. under the trump administration, arriving asylum seekers were sum summarily detained. >> they are both here. they weren't sent away out of country. >> that's right. >> they were held for months. ...

♪ ♪ >> hello. >> nilson. >> is calling you from -- >> hi, nilson, how are you? >> i'm, i'm okay. you know. i haven't eaten for five days today, nothing. we haven't drink any water also, take any of my medicines. when i get up, you know, i get dizzy. honestly, i'm feeling weak. this is very unhumanitarian. i mean, we haven't committed no crime. we are not hurting nobody. we didn't behave aggressively in any way whatsoever. so it's really hard to understand why they're treating us this way.

Nilson is waiting for a green card. he's married to a u.s. citizen. he has very clear claims to be able to stay here. he probably never was going to be deported, actually. he was probably going to win his case, but because i.c.e. had the discretion to hold him they had a sort of policy, as a policy matter, were holding anybody that they could, so he stayed in detention for close to a year actually while he was fighting his case. and through this film, "the facility", i really try to bring people inside. because for most of the pandemic, for the beginning of the pandemic, the early months of th...