TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.
PROGRAM # 7614 12:00 PM PT
Immigration Detentions: Abusive.
A federal bipartisan commission blasted the U.S. immigrant detention system, warning that the detainees are illegally being treated as criminals and drawing special attention to the abusive treatment of migrant children and families seeking asylum. A news correspondent reports on the recent death of a Mexican immigrant detainee in a detention center in Florence, AZ.
Guest: Martin Castro, Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC, www.usccr.gov; Valeria Fernández, News Correspondent, Phoenix, AZ.
Also, New Asylum Win. After six years in legal process, a Mexican radio journalist received political asylum in the US. The radio reporter faced death threats and his nephews were murdered after covering on the air the violence of drug cartels and government corruption in neighboring Ciudad Juárez. A conversation with the exile and his lawyer.
Guests: Carlos Spector-Calderon, Attorney, El Paso, TX; Ricardo Chavez-Aldana, journalist, El Paso, TX.
Photo: Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela
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