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Immigration Nightmares: From Raids to Deportations
April 30, 2008
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More than 10-million people live in the U.S. without legal immigration status. The reasons they are here are as varied and complex as our current U.S. immigration policy. But most will agree... immigrants risk their lives crossing borders to come to the U.S. hoping to create a better future for themselves and their loved ones back home. Yet these undocumented workers live in constant fear of being arrested, jailed and deported. Why is it this way?
On this edition, we'll follow the trail from ICE raids in New York City, to a detention center in Texas, and finally, deportation to Tijuana, Mexico.
Featuring:
Arnoldo Garcia, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Immigrant Justice and Rights program director; Micaela Saucedo, Casa Refugio Elvira director; Marta Chavez, Mexican immigrant; Oscar, Honduran migrant worker; Meredith Linsky, immigration lawyer; Luissana Santibañez, community organizer; Keith, New York resident and former detainee.
Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Contributing Producers: Matthew Gossage, Abdulai Bah and the Community News
Production Institute
Producer and Associate Producer: Andrew Stelzer and Puck Lo
Intern: Elena Botkin-Levy
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Special thanks to Yaya Ruiz - who provided invaluably to this report.
For more information:
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
310 8th Street, Suite 303
Oakland, CA 94607
510-465-1984
www.nnirr.org
Casa Refugio Elvira
Calle 7 #8780
Zona Centro, Tijuana B.C., Mexico
664-685-4871
National Immigration Project
14 Beacon Street, Suite 602
Boston, MA 02108
617-227-9727
www.nationalimmigrationproject.org
Community News Production Institute
265 Canal Street, Suite 410
New York, NY 10013
212- 334-7433
www.peoplesproductionhouse.org
Grassroots Leadership
2604 East Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78702
www.grassrootsleadership.org
La Posada Shelter
(La Posada Providencia)
1610 Marydale Road
San Benito, TX 78586
956-399-9346
www.divineprovidenceweb.org/page/about/about.htm
Detention Watch Network
c/o Jobs with Justice, Suite 200
1325 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-393-1044
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org
Families for Freedom
3 West 29th Street, #1030
New York, NY 10001
646-290-5551
www.familiesforfreedom.org
T. Don Hutto Information Page
http://tdonhutto.blogspot.com
Texas Prison Bid'ness
www.texasprisonbidness.org