on friday night i went to see this film. it's a powerful story about the impact one individual can have on another and how life offers one unexpected turn after another. i highly recommend that you run, not walk, to see it. (i'll even facilitate the process - click here to find show times in your area.)
the detention facilities run by the department of homeland security's immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) played a major role in the film. no doubt, you've heard of the most infamous of our detention facilities - abu ghraib and guantanamo bay, but did you know that our government operates these same types of facilities throughout the contiguous 48 states? i didn't. to be sure the purposes are certainly different - abu ghraib and guantanamo house enemy combatants, those that are so dangerous that they threaten our mere existence. and at the ICE facilities? well, there they -
and wouldn't it be nice if the facilities were actually in compliance with these standards? yeah, not so much. the washington post , the new york times, and the los angeles times have all published stories on the system of detention centers for undocumented immigrants. each series and story paints a different piece of the picture and, read together, that picture nears disturbing completion, but i'm still left wondering - why is this a national priority?
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