https://www.latimes.com/california/...er-it-was-featured-on-orange-is-the-new-black
In the fifth episode of the last season of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black," the character Maritza, who has been languishing in an immigrant detention center, finds out about a toll-free hotline she can call to get a free lawyer.
As she's rejoicing, another character, Gloria, cuts her off.
Gloria warns Maritza: "You have to be careful, though. Apparently if they figure out that you're using the hotline, Big Brother shuts it down."
That's exactly what happened, advocates say. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shut down a real hotline for detained immigrants run by the California group Freedom for Immigrantsless than two weeks after it was prominently featured on the show.
ICE spokesman Shawn Neudauer did not respond to a list of specific questions about the termination of the Freedom for Immigrants hotline. But he said detainees are allowed to make free calls to legal service providers on the ICE-approved list "for the purpose of obtaining initial legal representation."
"Pro bono organizations found to be violating these rules may be removed from the platform," he said.