Premieres on December 30, 25 at 6:45 PM

The Price of an Immigrant’s Life in America exposes a constitutional fracture hiding in plain sight. For nearly four years, he endured labor trafficking, forced starvation, wage theft, retaliation, and death threats, only to be abandoned by the very institutions that promise protection. After surviving 24 days without food, swallowing expired medication and household chemicals to make the pain of hunger go away while Ramon Ontiveros weaponized his hunger as a tool of control, Samuel Martínez Roque reported his abuse to every agency available. Instead of safety, the institutions meant to protect him stayed silent. A brutal, unfiltered letter to the U.S. Supreme Court that is more than a testimony of violence; it is an indictment of institutional indifference. It confronts the moral contradiction of a nation that demands trust from victims while offering only paperwork, closed cases, and inaction. At its peak, Martínez Roque asks the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the country, a question no human being should ever have to ask: what is an immigrant’s life worth in America?

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Episode 3: The Price of an Immigrant’s Life in America (also referred as "The Price of an Immigrant’s Life in America: A Letter to the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States") to be released on December 30, 2025, and all accompanying artwork, were written, developed, produced, published, and distributed by Samuel Martínez Roque as part of the series Samuel Martínez Roque vs. The United States of America.

The production and distribution of The Price of an Immigrant’s Life in America include an image originally published by The Atlantic in Kimberly Wehle’s article, “The Supreme Court Just Keeps Deciding It Should Be Even More Powerful” dated March 9, 2023, created using photographs from Michael Duva, Richard Ross, and TriggerPhoto, has been modified and used under fair use for purposes of political commentary, criticism, and educational discussion. All rights to the original materials remain with their respective copyright holders. The image will be removed upon request by the rights owner. Limited use of short excerpts is permitted for non-commercial purposes only, provided proper attribution and a direct link to the original source are included.

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The United States of Hunger is a searing political essay that exposes the contradiction at the heart of the American project: a nation that praises freedom while punishing truth, and that celebrates justice while weaponizing hunger against the vulnerable. Through personal testimony and rigorous political reflection, Samuel Martínez Roque examines how systems built to protect citizens become tools of coercion for immigrants, where reporting abuse results in retaliation, where police defend threats as “protected speech,” and where bureaucracy functions as a modern form of cruelty. This essay exposes hunger as a political instrument, silence as a survival strategy, and truth as an act of rebellion. With unflinching clarity, Martínez Roque reveals how deprivation becomes policy, how the border becomes a stomach that digests the poor, and how liberty becomes a privilege reserved for those whose lives the system values. A philosophical, legal, and deeply human indictment of the American myth, The United States of Hunger asks the question the nation fears most: What kind of freedom is it when your survival depends not on how much English you speak, but on how much truth you can swallow just to be allowed to eat?

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Episode 2: The United States of Hunger (also referred as "The United States of Hunger: A Paradox of American Liberty"), to be released on December 16, 2025, and all accompanying artwork, were written, developed, produced, published, and distributed by Samuel Martínez Roque as part of the series Samuel Martínez Roque vs. The United States of America.

© ℗ 2025 Samuel Martínez Roque. All rights reserved. All content on this publication, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, audio, video, and other creative works, is the intellectual property of Samuel Martínez Roque unless otherwise stated. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, modification, public display, or transmission of any content from this site, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of the author. Limited use of brief excerpts is permitted for non-commercial purposes only, provided that proper attribution is given and a direct link to the original content is included. It is illegal to copy this work, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

Premieres on December 16, 25 at 6:45 PM

The United States of Hunger is a searing political essay that exposes the contradiction at the heart of the American project: a nation that praises freedom while punishing truth, and that celebrates justice while weaponizing hunger against the vulnerable. Through personal testimony and rigorous political reflection, Samuel Martínez Roque examines how systems built to protect citizens become tools of coercion for immigrants, where reporting abuse results in retaliation, where police defend threats as “protected speech,” and where bureaucracy functions as a modern form of cruelty. This essay exposes hunger as a political instrument, silence as a survival strategy, and truth as an act of rebellion. With unflinching clarity, Martínez Roque reveals how deprivation becomes policy, how the border becomes a stomach that digests the poor, and how liberty becomes a privilege reserved for those whose lives the system values. A philosophical, legal, and deeply human indictment of the American myth, The United States of Hunger asks the question the nation fears most: What kind of freedom is it when your survival depends not on how much English you speak, but on how much truth you can swallow just to be allowed to eat?

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Episode 2: The United States of Hunger (also referred as "The United States of Hunger: A Paradox of American Liberty"), to be released on December 16, 2025, and all accompanying artwork, were written, developed, produced, published, and distributed by Samuel Martínez Roque as part of the series Samuel Martínez Roque vs. The United States of America.

© ℗ 2025 Samuel Martínez Roque. All rights reserved. All content on this publication, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, audio, video, and other creative works, is the intellectual property of Samuel Martínez Roque unless otherwise stated. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, modification, public display, or transmission of any content from this site, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of the author. Limited use of brief excerpts is permitted for non-commercial purposes only, provided that proper attribution is given and a direct link to the original content is included. It is illegal to copy this work, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

Ramon Ontiveros’ Conspiracy to Defraud the United States is not an anomaly, it is a lesson learned from a system built to look away. This essay examines how Ontiveros’ actions reveal deeper failures within the U.S. immigration and labor structures: a culture that rewards coercion, punishes vulnerability, and turns immigrant fear into an economic resource. Rather than treating the immigration system as “broken,” this work asks a more urgent question: what if the system is functioning exactly as designed? What if its inefficiencies, contradictions, and abuses are not errors, but features? Through political reflection, philosophical analysis, and firsthand insight into coercion, retaliation, and institutional silence, this essay confronts the uncomfortable possibility that exploitation in America is not an accident, it is an expectation.

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Episode 1: Ramon Ontiveros’ Conspiracy to Defraud the United States (also referred as "Ramon Ontiveros’ Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S. Immigration System: A Political Indictment of American Hypocrisy"), released on December 2, 2025, and all accompanying artwork, were written, developed, produced, published, and distributed by Samuel Martínez Roque as part of the series Samuel Martínez Roque vs. The United States of America.

© ℗ 2025 Samuel Martínez Roque. All rights reserved. All content on this publication, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, audio, video, and other creative works, is the intellectual property of Samuel Martínez Roque unless otherwise stated. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, modification, public display, or transmission of any content from this site, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of the author. Limited use of brief excerpts is permitted for non-commercial purposes only, provided that proper attribution is given and a direct link to the original content is included. It is illegal to copy this work, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

Premieres on December 2, 25 at 6:45 PM

Ramon Ontiveros’ Conspiracy to Defraud the United States is not an anomaly, it is a lesson learned from a system built to look away. This essay examines how Ontiveros’ actions reveal deeper failures within the U.S. immigration and labor structures: a culture that rewards coercion, punishes vulnerability, and turns immigrant fear into an economic resource. Rather than treating the immigration system as “broken,” this work asks a more urgent question: what if the system is functioning exactly as designed? What if its inefficiencies, contradictions, and abuses are not errors, but features? Through political reflection, philosophical analysis, and firsthand insight into coercion, retaliation, and institutional silence, this essay confronts the uncomfortable possibility that exploitation in America is not an accident, it is an expectation.

Copyright & Fair Use Notice:

Episode 1: Ramon Ontiveros’ Conspiracy to Defraud the United States (also referred as "Ramon Ontiveros’ Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S. Immigration System: A Political Indictment of American Hypocrisy"), released on December 2, 2025, and all accompanying artwork, were written, developed, produced, published, and distributed by Samuel Martínez Roque as part of the series Samuel Martínez Roque vs. The United States of America.

© ℗ 2025 Samuel Martínez Roque. All rights reserved. All content on this publication, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, audio, video, and other creative works, is the intellectual property of Samuel Martínez Roque unless otherwise stated. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, modification, public display, or transmission of any content from this site, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of the author. Limited use of brief excerpts is permitted for non-commercial purposes only, provided that proper attribution is given and a direct link to the original content is included. It is illegal to copy this work, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.