#1189 Our dehumanizing, traumatizing, child-abusing immigration system

Air Date: 6/12/2018

Today we take a look at the absolute horror show that is the US immigration system. Understanding that it was bad before but has been revved up to literally inhumane as our government makes a concerted effort to dehumanize asylum seekers on the run for their lives.

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: To Trump, Americans "Have Kids," But Immigrants "Breed" - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date 04-24-18

 

Ch. 2: Stories of our abusive treatment of immigrants - Off Kilter - Air Date 6-1-18

 

Ch. 3: Separating families is just a draconian form of punishment that doesn't work - Ring of Fire - Air Date 6-2-18

 

Ch. 4: How I.C.E. Propaganda Makes Its Way Into the News - On The Media - 2-16-18

 

Ch. 5: The Obama administration laid the groundwork for immigrant abuses - Intercepted - Air Date 5-30-18

 

Ch. 6: Kade Crockforde on how real sanctuary means ending mass policing - The Dig - Air Date 3-26-18

 

Ch. 7: Tell Congress to END Family Separation #FamiliesBelongTogether via @womenbelong - Best of the Left Activism

 

Ch. 8: The immigration detention machine - In the Thick - Air Date 6-6-18

 

VOICEMAILS

Ch. 9: How the invention of the white race could explain white supremacy to Confederacy defenders - Colin from Cleveland, OH

Ch. 10: The unsurprisingly badly constructed argument of Confederacy defenders - Dave from Olympia, WA

 

Ch. 11: Final comments on the need to deal with cognitive dissonance in order to support conservative ideas while not feeling like the bad guy

 

TAKE ACTION

Get involved with familiesbelongtogether.org & follow @womenbelong

Tell Congress to #AbolishICE & pass:

Keep Families Together Act

Help Separated Families Act of 2018

HELP Separated Children Act

Give to organizations like: 

Children's Law Center 

The Young Center for Immigrant Rights 

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) 

FOR READING/SHARING

Democrats are trying to stop Trump from separating families at the border(Vox)

Rep. Pramila Jayapal—‘They Could Hear Their Children Screaming for Them in the Next Room’(The Nation)

Keep Families Together Act(Feinstein.senate.gov)

Feinstein bill would prohibit family separations at US-Mexico border (ThinkProgress)

Sessions Says Domestic and Gang Violence Are Not Grounds for Asylum (NY Times)

Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman 

 

MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):

• Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr 
• Haena - Cloud Harbor
• On Early Light - Cholate
• Moon Bicycle Theme - American Moon Bicycle
• The Cast and Favor - Bayou Birds
• These Times - The Pine Barrens
• Feathersoft - Barstool
• Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
• Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent

 

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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