1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Native Lampod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. This country has its own history with 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: internment camps, thinking about Japanese internment, and as we sit 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: here in Black History Month, we are witnessing people who 5 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: are black, who are brown, who are Asian, who are 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: also white, who are being held in modern day internment camps. 7 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 2: And so I want to. 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: If we can andrew pivot to this recent pro public 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: apiece where there were letters shared from young people who 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: are currently detained by ICE. There's one where we can 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: actually hear the words from the young lady herself, a 12 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: fourteen year old Venezuelan girl, and I also hope that 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: we would also read the letters. The link is over 14 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: here in the chat if you guys need to see 15 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: to pick a letter to read. 16 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 2: But I think we should read letters. 17 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: And then maybe we can end with Arianna in with 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: Arianna's letter, and then. 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: Absolutely we can get to CTAs. So I guess I 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 2: can start. 21 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to read a letter from a nine year 22 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: old Susie. Sorry susage, susage, Sorry I don't know how 23 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: to pronounce. This is s us e j F, a 24 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: nine year old from Venezuela who's living in Houston, Texas, 25 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: detained for fifty days, and this is her letter. 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 2: Hello. 27 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: My name Miss susage F is what it says. I'm 28 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 1: sorry if I'm mispronouncing, and I am nine years old. 29 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: I am from Venezuela. I have been fifty days in 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: Delli Immigration Processing Center and I want to go to 31 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: my country, but I missed my school and my friends. 32 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: I feel bad since when I came here to this 33 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: place because I have been here too long. I have 34 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: been two years and six months in United States, and 35 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: I was happy with my friends in the school, but 36 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: now I need to leave. I miss my family and 37 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: my country. So now I want to go to Venezuela, 38 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: but my mom do not want to leave because she 39 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: wants a better future for me. Seeing how people like 40 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: me immigrants are being treated, changes my perspective about the US. 41 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: My mom and I came to the US looking for 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: a good and safe place to live, and my mom 43 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: was looking for a good job. 44 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 3: I can read Gabby MM, if you'd like me to please, oh. 45 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 3: I my name is Gabby MM. I'm fourteen years old 46 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 3: from Colombia, Colombia. I've been detained in Dalli Immigration Processing 47 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 3: Center for twenty days, and I haven't been getting the 48 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 3: right education due to being in here. I haven't been 49 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 3: able to see my family and friends since I got here. 50 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 3: I started to feel so sad. Also, I haven't felt 51 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 3: happy since I got here. The officers have a bad 52 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 3: manner of speaking to residents when they are asking anything. 53 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 3: The workers treat the residents unhumanly verbally, and I don't 54 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 3: want to imagine how they would act if they were unsupervised. 55 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 3: I really want to go home. I don't care if 56 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 3: I have to go to Katie or Columbia because in 57 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 3: both places I have a home. In school, I get 58 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 3: bored a lot and I don't know what to do. 59 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 3: I made friends here and they told me how how 60 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 3: long they've been here for seven months, and I get 61 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 3: really surprised because I can't imagine how bad and sad 62 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 3: and stressed being here. I want to tell you guys 63 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 3: how I feel, and it's hell, Like I really want 64 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 3: to go. The food is bad. I'm tired of almost 65 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 3: the same thing. I feel so much sadness and depression 66 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 3: of not being able to leave. It's really sad to 67 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 3: hear that people's cases are being denied and getting sinned 68 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 3: back to their countries. Gabby MM is a fourteen year 69 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 3: old from Colombia who was living in Houston, Texas, detained 70 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 3: for twenty days. 71 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 4: I'll read this one from a young girl named Mia. 72 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 4: It's rett it's Spanish. I'll read it piece by piece 73 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 4: and just quickly translate it. She wrote, Mia Valentina pasvaria 74 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 4: yoso de Venezuelao dengos. So her name is Mia. She's 75 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 4: been living in the US for three years and she's 76 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 4: only seven years old. Uh thngo set alua ko raqui 77 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 4: keo ameguelaelos. She said she's been in detention for seventy days. 78 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 4: She doesn't want to be there anymore. She said she 79 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 4: misses her grandparents xos a misamegos aquiuela. She said she 80 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 4: misses her school, she misses her friends, and she doesn't 81 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 4: like the foodikio the aquio amisteos esperos. She just keeps repeating, 82 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 4: I don't want to be here anymore. I miss my 83 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 4: uncles and I hope that I can leave soon. And 84 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 4: she drove. She drew a picture excuse me, of herself, 85 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 4: her mother and her sister. 86 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 5: Hmm, you know, just for the benefit of our listeners. 87 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 5: This is a part of a great reporting work done 88 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 5: by Pro pro Publica. 89 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 3: The reporter here. 90 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 5: Was Mika Rosenberg, and she visiting this facility, asked the 91 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 5: detainees if if their children would be willing to either 92 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 5: write letters or indoor draw pictures depicting what their experiences 93 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 5: had been there at Delhi. And what you heard from 94 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 5: my co hosts were a few of the reflections we 95 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 5: obviously for you all on the listening side. Couldn't see 96 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 5: the images of the pictures that were drawn, but we 97 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 5: will include them in the show notes. A link to 98 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 5: the Pro Publica article and you can go back and 99 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 5: have a look at the letters that are that are 100 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 5: that are held there and and and the pictures that 101 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 5: they have drawn. 102 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: Andrew can can we listen to the letter from. 103 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 5: I just going to say well, end with Ariana's well 104 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 5: in with the contribution, as Angela just indicated from Ariana. 105 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 6: Hello, my name is Ariana Vie. I'm fourteen years old 106 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 6: and I'm from Monduas. I've been detained for forty five 107 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 6: days and I have never felt so much fear to 108 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 6: go to a place as I feel here. Every time 109 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 6: I remind myself that once I go back to hondudas 110 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 6: a lot of dangerous things could happen to my mom 111 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 6: and I. My younger siblings haven't been able to see 112 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 6: their mom in more than a month. They're very young 113 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 6: and you need both of your parents when you're growing up. 114 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 6: Since I got to the center, all you will feel 115 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,239 Speaker 6: is sadness and mostly depression. When people have their court, 116 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 6: the longest they will last is fifteen minutes. Our rights 117 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 6: are not being provided. A rest are happening when people 118 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 6: don't even have any type of arrest order. A rest 119 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 6: are happening illegally. It's sad to hear that people's cads 120 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 6: are being denied and are getting sent back to their 121 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 6: country places where they're escaping from and are looking for 122 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 6: protection and want to feel safe. Not a lot of 123 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 6: people know what is happening in the centers where immigrants 124 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 6: are placed that I haven't been getting any school time 125 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 6: either or the other kids in here. Every single person 126 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 6: in here had their jobs, they have their lives. They 127 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 6: are any danger for this country. I've been in this 128 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,239 Speaker 6: country for almost seven years, and in those seven years, 129 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 6: my mom and I found a home and made a 130 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 6: bigger family. I have never been separated from my siblings, 131 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 6: and it's honestly sad because they're little and they knew 132 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 6: their mom and their sister. Yeah, they're with their dad, 133 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 6: but it's still different for them and my mom and I. 134 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 6: Since the day my mom and I got detained in Manhattan, 135 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 6: New York, my life was instantly paused. From my knowledge, 136 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 6: you can't be on the custody for more than fifteen 137 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 6: or twenty days. Well, here in daily Immigration Processing center, 138 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 6: people have been in this place for seven five months. 139 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 6: For the two months, it's not fair that the ice 140 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 6: officers are not following the laws. All kids are being 141 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 6: damaged mentally. They witness how their parents and other people 142 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 6: are being treated. They don't have schools or doctors. All 143 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 6: they have are nurses. If you need medical attention, the 144 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 6: longest you have to wait is three hours, But to 145 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 6: get any medicine pilled or anything, it takes a while. 146 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 6: There are various viruses in here. People are always sick. 147 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 6: Serious situations happen and the officers can't take them serious enough. 148 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 6: There are no consequences. They don't even care. 149 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 5: Jesus for those of us who are out there thinking, 150 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 5: you know this, you know, why does this matter? And 151 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 5: why does it matter to me? You certainly know, at 152 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 5: least ought to know that if they could do, if 153 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 5: you could, if we can witness this for any group 154 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 5: of people in this country. It's proven, it's been shown 155 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 5: that those harms can and likely will be visited upon 156 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 5: us right this. This country does have a history of internment. 157 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 5: It's done it before, it is doing it again. We 158 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 5: also have a history of enslavement and discrimination and racism and. 159 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 3: So much more. 160 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 5: More importantly, I think the democracies like the United States 161 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 5: of America, which you used to stand as a beacon, 162 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 5: has laws asylum laws included, which make way for these 163 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 5: kinds of people to make their way to the country 164 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 5: and to be able to establish a life that doesn't 165 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:55,599 Speaker 5: take anything from us, but does extend the opportunity for them. 166 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 5: And that's all being snuffed out right before our eyes. 167 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 5: So I hope folks will check out the article pro 168 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 5: Publica and thank you from us here at Native Lampid 169 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 5: to the folks at Pro Publica for the really incredible 170 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 5: work that you all do on this subject and so 171 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 5: many others. 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