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(LA Times) ICE shut down a hotline for detained immigrants after it was featured on ‘Orange Is the New Black’
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Probably nothing, but ICE is allowed to operate outside the law.
Fascism is in the US, and less people are able to stay willingly blind about it as time proceeds
Netflix isn't responsible for ICE's evil.
Talk about confirming how evil you really are.
Sadly, I think the opposite is happening. At least in the conservative sphere of America. More and more are having their eyes opened and celebrating that it's happening. It's like, holy crap America, why did you even fight Hitler in WWII?
A lot of Americans held rallies in celebration of Hilter's ideology before America entered the war.
And those people when nowhere after the war was over.
Why the hell are people acting like this is Netflix's fault? One of the people behind this group appeared on the Friday episode of MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber and it sounds like Netflix had their full support to feature the service or something like it in their episode. Big brother shutting it down was a joke in a comedy/drama show that has, unfortunately, turned dark. Netflix raised awareness of an essential service for those who find themselves swept up in ICE's hands and ICE retaliated. The blame is ENTIRELY on ICE's fascist hands.
The group is going to sue ICE if they don't restore it to working order.
The group is going to sue ICE if they don't restore it to working order.
Netflix fucked up bad here. You don't Streisand Effect any organization helping victims, of any kind.
They didn't shut it down, but they won't let their detainees call that number. It's no longer approved.
They didn't shut it down, but they won't let their detainees call that number. It's no longer approved.
Many of us felt that a terrible box was opened on Election Night 2016. I don't think it's something that can be put back. The bullies and horrible people are emboldened and as cocky as ever. I don't see these scum going away, even if Trump loses in 2020.
Wait....ICE detainees are only allowed to call ICE approved legal counsel......
Wait, seriously?
Wait, seriously?
Update: Judge orders hotline to be restored.
www.pbs.org
Judge orders immigration detention hotline restored
The group alleged officials yanked the line in August after it was featured on the Netflix show "Orange Is the New Black." The judge ruled that the nonprofit's speech "was a substantial and motivating factor" behind the shutdown.
www.pbs.org
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore a free hotline that lets detained immigrants report concerns about custody conditions, which was cut after being featured on the show "Orange Is the New Black."
U.S. District Court Judge André Birotte Jr. on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction ordering officials to restore the hotline that had been run by the nonprofit Freedom for Immigrants since 2013.
Freedom for Immigrants alleged that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement yanked the line in August after it was featured on the Netflix show, which drew attention to the group's criticism of immigration detention conditions.
Birotte ruled that the nonprofit's speech "was a substantial and motivating factor" behind the shutdown, and the move forced immigrants to pay $1 a minute to call the group on a line that is now monitored by the government.
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It was not immediately clear when the line would be restored. A message sent to ICE seeking comment was not immediately returned.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement previously said the nonprofit had misused the hotline by using three-way calling to let immigration detainees speak with family. The line was not monitored or recorded, the agency said, so immigrants could find and speak with lawyers about their cases.
The nonprofit also runs visitation programs at immigration detention facilities across the country.
The hotline received between 600 and 14,500 calls per month, according to the lawsuit.
