"Lost in Detention": As Obama Deports Record 400,000, Film Explores Immigrant Life in Jail

[The Northerner]

Run time: 10:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFXFlR5_Css   Posted on YouTube: October 20, 2011 By YouTube Member: democracynow Views on YouTube: 88   Posted on DU: October 20, 2011 By DU Member: The Northerner Views on DU: 901

 
www.DemocracyNow.org - The Obama administration has released new figures showing U.S. deportations of immigrants reached a record high. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it deported nearly 400,000 people in fiscal year 2011, the highest total in the agency's eight years. The data was released the same day a coalition of Latino and immigrant rights groups held a National Day of Action to protest Obama's immigration policies. The protesters called for an immediate end to the "Secure Communities" program, which requires local police to forward fingerprints of every person they arrest to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. More than one million immigrants have been deported during Obama's tenure, even as efforts to reform immigration policy have languished. A new PBS Frontline documentary, "Lost in Detention," investigates the immigration program under Obama. Democracy Now! speaks with the award-winning broadcast journalist who led the investigation, Maria Hinojosa.

[Hawkowl]

1. Obama's Dream Act!

He should play this up to try to attract Tea Baggers in the name of bipartisanship! :sarcasm:

This will decimate the support Obama has received from Hispanics. :wtf:

[Overseas]

2. Sad K&R.