In the absence of government action to help people in the U.S. without any citizenship, Ambartsoumian-Clough co-founded United Stateless, a group advocating for the stateless community. She says at least six members of United Stateless have been detained in recent months. Many more members of United Stateless have been in the U.S. for decades and yet remain under supervision of ICE, Ambartsoumian-Clough says. (Erica S. Lee | for NPR)That’s part of why she and Ambartsoumian-Clough established United Stateless. Both women spent lengthy periods in immigration detention — an experience that still haunts them.