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In this episode Marisa interviews author Jenny Torres Sanchez about her Young Adult Novel WE ARE NOT FROM HERE. This book is a MUST READ (Or listen)!!!
To find out more about Jenny, check out her website at www.JennyTorresSanchez or Follow her on Twitter at @JetChez or Instagram @JennyTSanchez.
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In this episode we highlight another organization doing the good work. Learn how to become a sponsor!
Check out Every. Last. here-->https://www.everylastone.org/

A LOT of terms and info in this podcast. Please visit this link below to see the diagram that I refer to:
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-detention-child-migrants

We also talk about the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) again, and here is the link to that website:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr

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In this episode we talk about the organization
RAICES: The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. https://www.raicestexas.org

Ways to Volunteer remotely or locally and also ways to donate, not just money!

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In this episode we take a look at a recent Article "A Judge Ordered ICE To Release Immigrant Children Over Coronavirus Concerns"

You can read the article here:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/judge-orders-immigrant-children-released-over-covid-fears

We also talk about the Office of Refugee Resettlement and here is the link to that website:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr

Lastly, if you want to email me please send emails to:
KidsInCages@DontNotTalkAboutIt.com

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Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

They discuss the fight to #DefundHate.  The Trump administration has been particularly cruel on the issue of immigration (for example, it was reported this week that President Trump sought out quotes for the cost of building an alligator-filled moat at the southern border and advocated for shooting people in the legs as they attempted to cross the border), but United States immigration policy, and the enforcement of those policies by Homeland Security, ICE, and CBP, has always been deeply flawed. Some of the most egregious actions of this administration have been highlighted fairly extensively by the media—the family separation policy comes to mind—however, the consistent violence, neglect, and physical and psychological harm experienced by people crossing into the United States who are held in our detention facilities is an enormous and ongoing crisis.

In order to address this, activist-led movements have called on the government to abolish ICE and/or significantly cut funding for ICE and CBP, but due to loopholes in the congressional appropriations process, ICE is still managing to claim more and more funding for themselves at the expense of other agencies like FEMA that desperately need the money.

To walk everyone through what’s happening with the #DefundHate movement, congressional appropriations, and immigration policy more generally, Charlotte and Brent are joined today by Yesenia Chavez, the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Analyst at the ACLU, and Amy Fischer, the #DefundHate Coordinator at the Detention Watch Network.

The website for the ACLU is ACLU.org and their Twitter handle is @ACLU.  Yesenia's handle is @MsYeseniaChavez.   The Detention Watch Network's website is DetentionWatchNetwork.org and their Twitter handle is @DetentionWatch.  Amy Fischer's handle is @AmyWFischer.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

Image Credit: Office Of Inspector General Handout/EPA

Leslie is joined by Hope Frye, an internationally recognized immigration lawyer focused on disadvantaged populations, especially women and children. She is also the Co-founder and Executive Director of 'Project Lifeline,' a nonprofit focused on children who are or were in immigration detention in CBP jails, ORR shelters or ICE family detention facilities.

The two first discuss the newest report by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), which found the Trump administration’s policy changes in 2018 exacerbated the mental health needs of “unaccompanied alien children” in their custody. The OIG found two particular policies — separating children from their parents and prolonging the time children are in custody — as being especially harmful to the children’s mental health.

The report states, “Facilities reported that children with longer stays experienced more stress, anxiety, and behavioral issues, which staff had to manage. Some children who did not initially exhibit mental health or behavioral issues began reacting negatively as their stays grew longer.” 
The OIG report also found that some clinicians were treating as many as 25 children, despite ORR guidelines calling for one clinician per every 12 children.  This meant less time for counseling and less individual attention.

To close out the interview, Leslie and Hope discuss the massive conflicts of interest presented by CBP and ICE holding over 70 percent of the immigrants they have in their custody in privately owned, for-profit facilities.

Adding to the conflicts, GEO Group and CoreCivic, which contributed to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and inauguration, received $985 million from their contracts with ICE. To give you an idea of how significant of an amount that is, it comprises more than a third of what ICE spends on custody each year.

Hope Frye is active in projects with the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CHRCL), and has testified before the House and Senate about the conditions of confinement and treatment of children held in CBP facilities at the border.

The website for 'Project Lifeline' is ProjectLifeline.us and their Twitter handle is @ProjLifeline. Their mission spans the child’s experience with the goal of providing continuity of care. They are the only nonprofit with a medical and legal programs.

Today's guest host is Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

Brent is joined by a pair of expert guests to discuss the Trump administration's new attempt to "end a decades-old settlement agreement that had set a 20-day limit for holding children and issue new regulations that could hold undocumented families detained together indefinitely.
The 1997 Flores v. Reno court agreement had set nationwide policy for the detention and treatment of minors in immigration custody.
It requires the government to release children from immigration detention without unnecessary delay to their parents, other adult relatives or or licensed programs." (Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/21/politics/what-is-flores-settlement/index.html)
Brent and his panel explain the horrible dangers that this change would unleash on extremely vulnerable children and families.

The guests for this topic are Ginna Green, Chief Strategy Officer at Bend the Arc, and Katy Murdza, Dilley Pro Bono Project Advocacy Coordinator at the American Immigration Council.

The website for 'Bend the Arc' is www.bendthearc.us and their Twitter handle is @jewishaction. Ginna's handle is @ginnagreen. The website for the American Immigration Council is www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org and their Twitter handle is @immcouncil.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Hope Frye, an internationally recognized immigration lawyer focused on disadvantaged populations, especially women and children. She is also the Co-founder and executive director of 'Project Lifeline,' a nonprofit focused on children who are or were in immigration detention in CBP jails, ORR shelters or ICE family detention facilities.

The two discuss the cruel and dangerous conditions that migrant children are held captive in at border detention camps run by the Trump administration.

The website for 'Project Lifeline' is ProjectLifeline.us and their Twitter handle is @ProjLifeline. Their mission spans the child’s experience with the goal of providing continuity of care. They are the only nonprofit with a medical and legal programs.

During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political round table with two guests who continue the discussion on the horrendous conditions that migrant children are held captive in at the border. The panel also discusses why it is so difficult to keep important stories like this in the public eye during the constant chaos that is caused by the Trump administration.

The two round table guests are John Amato and Mark Grimaldi. John Amato is the Founder of CrooksAndLiars.com, an award-winning site for progressive news and media criticism. Started in 2004, Crooksandliars.com was the first website to feature audio and video online, revolutionizing how political news is consumed and distributed on the Internet.

John's Twitter handle is @JohnAmato.

Mark Grimaldi, or 'Marky Mark' as Leslie Marshall calls him, is the Executive Producer of this show and a Democratic Activist. His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.

Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago.
His website is BannonCR.com and his Twitter handle is @BradBannon.