Hundreds of detainees at Tacoma’s immigration detention center, one of the largest in the nation, have refused to eat their meals for five days demanding better conditions at the for-profit center and protesting current deportation practices. An immigrant organizer and a relative of a fasting detainee join this program from a protest outside the facility.
Guests: Maru Mora Villalpando, organizer, Latino Advocacy, Seattle, WA, www.latinoadvocacy.org , spokesperson for Not One More Campaign, www.notonemoredeportation.com ; Verónica Noriega, wife of a detainee and striker at the Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma, WA.
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