Thursday, April 29, 2010

Torn Apart by Deportation - VIDEO

Harsh immigration policy, compounded by systemic inequities built into the criminal justice system, might not be thwarting terrorists or making our country a whole lot safer. But the laws are doing a great job of breaking up another entity: families of color.


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Introduction: Torn Apart
From New York to Jamaica, families struggle to stay together.

Double Punishment
Families of color are punished twice by immigration and criminal justice systems that don’t provide equal justice.

Home in Name Only
Deportees struggle to survive in an unfamiliar and unwelcoming place: the country of their birth.

by: [Alejandro Jimenez]

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