tagged w/ Video Story on Immigration
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Agatha Joseph's daughter was placed in seven detention centers over three years. She was the victim of double jeopardy. Watch, as her mother, Agatha, tells the hardships her daughter endured behind the unsafe walls of the detention center.
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Agatha Joseph's daughter was placed in seven detention centers over three years.... more
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Angela Joseph and her brother Warren came to the U.S from Trinidad with greencards. Warren served in the US military for eight years and returned with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He turned to crime and after serving six months jail time, immigration refused to release him because he was not a U.S citizen. He sat in detention for almost three years and was just released. Watch Angela tell her brother's story at the Special Rapporteur's panel on May 12, 2007 in NYC.
www.breakthrough.tvAngela Joseph and her brother Warren came to the U.S from Trinidad with greencards.... more
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Aarti Shahani, founder of Families for Freedom, a Brooklyn-based defense network for immigrants facing deportation. She presented at Breakthrough's public forum, "Why Can't America Have Human Rights?" at The Riverside Church in New York City on September 14, 2006.
Aarti describes the impact of U.S. immigration laws on her own family and her ensuing organizing work.
www.breakthrough.tvAarti Shahani, founder of Families for Freedom, a Brooklyn-based defense network for... more
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Betsy, a European American, fell in love with a man from Italy and they started a family. He felt American-- he lived in the U.S for decades, was a legal permanent resident, was married to an American Citizen, and had citizen children. Yet when he was arrested, their life spiraled out of control--he now will be deported back to Italy.
www.breakthrough.tvBetsy, a European American, fell in love with a man from Italy and they started a... more
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Breakthrough went "live from jail" and interviewed several long time permanent U.S residents who face possible deportation because of unfair 1996 immigration laws. The three we interviewed will most likely be sent back to countries they haven't seen since they were very young. As one says, "this is a nightmare that I've not been able to wake up from."
www.breakthrough.tvBreakthrough went "live from jail" and interviewed several long time... more
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Anslem Ifill is a legal permanent resident who has lived in the US for 25 years—it is his home. So much so that he put his own life at risk to serve the country for eight years with the U.S Army. Now he faces deportation. Anslem asks, “How can you deport individuals who risk their lives for the very beliefs and freedoms of this country?” Anslem Ifill is a legal permanent resident who has lived in the US for 25... more
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Breakthrough went "live from jail" and interviewed several long time permanent U.S residents who face possible deportation because of unfair 1996 immigration laws. The three we interviewed will most likely be sent back to countries they haven't seen since they were very young. As one says, "this is a nightmare that I've not been able to wake up from."
www.breakthrough.tvBreakthrough went "live from jail" and interviewed several long time... more
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