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Topic: Immigration Detention Centers, Segment: Ending Immigration Detention Centers: Until all of us free none of us are free. Participants: Hilda Cruz, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity Reverend Jeffery Ryan , The Riverside Center for Spiritual Living Broadcast Air Date: 11/15/19 Time: Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.orgSend comments about this segment to: [email protected]Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside.Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR.Discussion Topics: -What is the relationship between the imprisonment of people and the subject of immigration? -What is the difference between an immigrant detention facility and general prison facilities? – Why are asylum seekers placed in detention centers? – The detention facility in Adelanto California holds approximately 2,000 people. -The Adelanto detention facility is a for profit facility that charges $120 a day for each person. -The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is funded by public federal money and then DHS contracts with private detention centers. – Do people in the detention centers have legal representation? -How does the non-visibility of detention centers facilitate their continual operation of violence? -How to we turn the hidden into the visible? -What are the alternatives to having people caged in detention centers? – Will AB32 terminate the renewal of contracts of detention centers in California? -Will the Adelanto Detention Center close with the passing of AB32? – What are the different systems that profit from manufacturing harm for people? -How do we create a just world where we truly feel safe? – We all have our own gifts as humans. – Why are people held in detention centers paid a 1 dollar a day for their work? – What is the nature of health care within detention centers? – How do “instant noodle” soup companies and telephone service providers benefit from the detention centers?– The bonds for release from detention centers can cost 30,000? – How does the pain being caused within the detention centers ripple out to our communities? – How do we envision a world that works for everyone? -Until all of us are free none of us are free.


