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>> Stewart: ON TUESDAY, A CUBAN
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SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE U.S. WHO
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HAD BEEN IN ICE CUSTODY IN
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LOUISIANA FOR MONTHS DIED BY AN
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APPARENT SUICIDE.
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ROYLAN HERNANDEZ DIAZ HAD BEEN
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ON A HUNGER STRIKE AND HAD
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CLAIMED ABUSE IN PRISON.
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LOUISIANA HAS BECOME A CENTER OF
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AMERICA'S MIGRANT DETAINEE
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EFFORT, HOUSING ALMOST 8,000 OF
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THE MORE THAN 51,000 PEOPLE
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CURRENTLY BEHIND BARS.
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MANY OF THEM ARE HELD IN REMOTE
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PRISONS AND JAILS FAR FROM LEGAL
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REPRESENTATION.
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REPORTING IN COOPERATION WITH
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THE "NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE" AND
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ITVS, NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S SPECIAL
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CORRESPONDENT, JOANNE ELGART
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JENNINGS, HAS THE STORY, THE
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FIRST IN A OUR TWO-PART REPORT.
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>> Reporter: WHEN ATTORNEY
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HOMERO LOPEZ NEEDS TO MEET IN
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PERSON WITH CLIENTS HELD IN
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IMMIGRATION DETENTION, HE HAS TO
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MAKE LONG DRIVES FROM HIS HOME
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IN NEW ORLEANS.
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>> IF YOU DO A DAY TRIP, YOU'RE
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TALKING ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT HOURS
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OF DRIVE, NOT INCLUDING THE TIME
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THAT YOU'’RE PHYSICALLY THERE.
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>> Reporter: HIS NON-PROFIT
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IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND LEGAL
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ADVOCACY PROVIDES FREE LEGAL
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REPRESENTATION FOR MIGRANTS
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DETAINED IN LOUISIANA.
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AND WITH MORE AND MORE DETENTION
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CENTERS BEING OPENED IN RURAL
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AREAS, HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME
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IN HIS CAR.
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>> THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
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PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE
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DETAINED CASES IN LOUISIANA
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BECAUSE IT IS... THEY ARE SO
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FAR, SO RURAL, SO DIFFICULT
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TO... TO GET TO AND TO HANDLE.
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>> Reporter: MOST OF LOPEZ'S
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CLIENTS ARE AT THE PINE PRAIRIE
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ICE PROCESSING CENTER.
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IT'S 180 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW
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ORLEANS AND HOLDS UP TO 1,094
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DETAINEES.
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THOUGH IT'S A FEDERAL FACILITY,
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IT'S RUN AND STAFFED BY GEO
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GROUP, A PRIVATE PRISON COMPANY
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THAT CONTRACTS WITH THE U.S.
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GOVERNMENT.
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GEO DECLINED OUR REQUEST TO TOUR
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THE DETENTION CENTER, BUT WE
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WERE PERMITTED TO ENTER THE
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VISITATION AREA AND MEET SOME OF
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LOPEZ'’S CLIENTS.
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32-YEAR-OLD CRISTIAN DELEON HAS
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BEEN IN ICE CUSTODY FOR 14
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MONTHS.
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A NATIVE OF GUATEMALA, DELEON
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CAME TO THE U.S. ON A WORK VISA
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WHICH HAS SINCE EXPIRED.
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HE WAS LIVING IN ALABAMA WITH
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HIS FIANCEÉE AND THEIR THREE
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CHILDREN AND WORKING IN
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CONSTRUCTION.
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HOW DID YOU END UP HERE IN ICE
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DETENTION IN LOUISIANA?
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>> (translated): I HAD A SMALL
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CAR ACCIDENT, AND THE POLICE
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CAME TO HELP ME, AND THEN THEY
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ARRESTED ME.
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>> Reporter: DELEON WAS CHARGED
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WITH DRIVING UNDER THE
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INFLUENCE.
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HE SAYS WHEN HIS FIANCEÉE CAME TO
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PAY HIS BOND, THE POLICE
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WOULDN'’T LET HER.
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>> (translated): THEY SAID
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THAT ICE WAS ALREADY COMING FOR
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ME.
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>> Reporter: ICE ISSUED A
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DEPORTATION ORDER, WHICH DELEON
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IS APPEALING.
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MEANWHILE, HE MARRIED HIS
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FIANCEÉE, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, IN
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A BRIEF PRISON CEREMONY.
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HE'S NOW APPLYING FOR A GREEN
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CARD AS HER SPOUSE.
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DELEON IS NOT TYPICAL OF LOPEZ'S
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CLIENTS.
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MOST HAVE APPLIED FOR ASYLUM
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BECAUSE THEY FEARED FOR THEIR
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LIVES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY,
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LIKE 36-YEAR-OLD JAMAL JAMAL,
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WHO CAME TO THE U.S. FROM
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PAKISTAN.
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HE SAYS HE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE
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WITH A WOMAN WHOSE FAMILY HAD
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ARRANGED A MARRIAGE FOR HER WITH
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ANOTHER MAN.
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WHEN THE WOMAN TOLD HER FAMILY
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SHE WANTED TO MARRY JAMAL
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INSTEAD, THEY KILLED HER.
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A TRIBAL COUNCIL THEN ORDERED
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JAMAL'S EXECUTION, SO HE FLED
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THE COUNTRY.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN IF
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YOU ARE DEPORTED BACK TO
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PAKISTAN?
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>> Reporter: ON ARRIVAL IN THE
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U.S., HE ASKED FOR ASYLUM.
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HE'S BEEN IN ICE DETENTION FOR
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11 MONTHS AS HIS CASE MAKES ITS
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WAY THROUGH IMMIGRATION COURT.
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KATIE SCHWARTZMANN IS LEGAL
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DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL
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LIBERTIES UNION IN LOUISIANA.
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SHE SAYS THAT MIGRANTS LIKE
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JAMAL WHO ENTER THE U.S.
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LEGALLY SEEKING ASYLUM AND
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DEMONSTRATE A "CREDIBLE FEAR" OF
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RETURNING TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY
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SHOULD BE RELEASED ON BOND.
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>> THEY'RE ENTITLED TO
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CONSIDERATION FOR SOMETHING THAT
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OUR IMMIGRATION LAW CALLS
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"HUMANITARIAN PAROLE," WHICH
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MEANS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN OUT IN
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THE COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED
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STATES AS ICE CONSIDERS WHETHER
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THE GRANT OF ASYLUM IS
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APPROPRIATE.
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>> Reporter: ICE'S REGIONAL
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OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANS IS
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RESPONSIBLE FOR FIVE SOUTHERN
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STATES, INCLUDING LOUISIANA.
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AS RECENTLY AS 2016, UNDER THE
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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, IT
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APPROVED PAROLE FOR ALMOST 76%
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OF ASYLUM CASES.
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UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
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THAT NUMBER HAS PLUNGED TO 1.5%.
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THE A.C.L.U. AND THE SOUTHERN
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POVERTY LAW CENTER HAVE FILED
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SUIT AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF
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HOMELAND SECURITY.
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THEY ALLEGE THAT ICE'S NEW
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ORLEANS OFFICE IS CATEGORICALLY
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DENYING PAROLE TO ASYLUM SEEKERS
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IN A "VIOLATION OF D.H.S.' OWN
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DIRECTIVE AND GUIDELINES."
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A FEDERAL JUDGE AGREED, NOTING
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IN SEPTEMBER THAT THE NUMBER OF
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PAROLE APPROVALS HAD DROPPED TO
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0% IN 2019.
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HE RULED THAT D.H.S. MUST
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CONSIDER GRANTING PAROLE TO
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DETAINEES SEEKING ASYLUM.
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THE GOVERNMENT IS APPEALING THE
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RULING.
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ICE OFFICIALS SAY PAROLE IS
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DESIGNED TO BE NARROWLY APPLIED.
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BRYAN COX IS ACTING PRESS
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SECRETARY.
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>> THE REALITY IS, IS THAT IF
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PEOPLE COULD SHOW UP AT THE
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BORDER, MAKE A CLAIM AND BE
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RELEASED INTO THE INTERIOR OF
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THE UNITED STATES, NOT EVERYONE
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WILL THEN APPEAR IN COURT.
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AND SO, DETENTION IN SOME
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INSTANCES IS A NECESSARY USE OF
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RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT PERSONS
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DO IN FACT APPEAR IN COURT.
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>> Reporter: BUT OVER THE PAST
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YEAR, ICE HAS HELD MORE MIGRANTS
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IN DETENTION THAN EVER BEFORE,
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AND MANY ARE HERE IN LOUISIANA.
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LAST YEAR, THERE WERE TWO
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PRISONS HOLDING ABOUT 2,500 ICE
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DETAINEES.
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NOW, THERE ARE 11 HOLDING ALMOST
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9,000 PEOPLE.
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DETAINED MIGRANTS ARE LESS
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LIKELY TO WIN ASYLUM THAN THOSE
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WHO AWAIT TRIAL ON THE OUTSIDE.
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HOMERO LOPEZ'S CLIENTS ARE AMONG
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THE LUCKY FEW WHO HAVE LEGAL
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REPRESENTATION.
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>>BUENOS DIAS, DIXAN.
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COMO ESTAS?
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>> Reporter: ON THIS DAY, LOPEZ
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IS MEETING WITH DIXAN HERNANDEZ
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NARANJO VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
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NOT ALL DETENTION CENTERS ALLOW
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THE PRACTICE.
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THEY'RE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR
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THE TOUGH QUESTIONING HERNANDEZ
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WILL FACE IN AN ASYLUM HEARING
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THE NEXT DAY.
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>>LE MENTISTE A ICE?
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>> NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
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>> Reporter: IN HIS NATIVE CUBA,
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HERNANDEZ WAS A TOUR GUIDE.
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HE SAYS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
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ACCUSED HIM OF SPEAKING
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UNPATRIOTICALLY TO TOURISTS AND
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JAILED HIM REPEATEDLY FOR WHAT
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HE CALLS "THOUGHT CRIMES."
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WHILE IN ICE DETENTION AT PINE
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PRAIRIE, HERNANDEZ PARTICIPATED
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IN A HUNGER STRIKE.
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HE SAYS HE AND HIS FELLOW
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PROTESTERS WERE BEING UNFAIRLY
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INCARCERATED.
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>> (translated): WE ARE NOT
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CRIMINALS.
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WE JUST SIMPLY WANT TO FIGHT FOR
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OUR RIGHTS, LIKE ANYBODY WHO
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COMES TO SEEK ASYLUM.
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>> Reporter: HE WAS PLACED IN
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SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR HIS
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PARTICIPATION AND MISSED A
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MEETING WITH LOPEZ.
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NOW, THEY ARE HAVING ONE LAST
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SESSION BEFORE THE HEARING.
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THE NEXT MORNING, LOPEZ MAKES A
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THREE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR DRIVE TO
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OAKDALE, A SMALL TOWN IN CENTRAL
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LOUISIANA WHICH IS MOSTLY
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COMPRISED OF A STRIP OF CHAIN
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STORES.
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TUCKED INSIDE A FEDERAL
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CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX IS THE
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NONDESCRIPT OAKDALE IMMIGRATION
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COURT.
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IT HANDLES ALL CASES FOR
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MIGRANTS DETAINED AT PINE
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PRAIRIE.
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LOPEZ IS HERE TO PRESENT
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HERNANDEZ'’S ASYLUM CASE.
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HE'S HOPEFUL, BUT HE KNOWS THE
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ODDS ARE NOT IN HIS CLIENT'S
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FAVOR.
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>> OUR JUDGES HAVE A VERY LOW
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APPROVAL RATE FOR RELIEF FOR
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ASYLUM, IN PARTICULAR, AND WE
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JUST DON'T SEE A LOT OF WINS,
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UNFORTUNATELY.
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>> Reporter: FROM 2013 TO 2018,
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JUDGES AT THIS COURT DENIED
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ASYLUM NEARLY 90% OF THE TIME.
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BUT LOPEZ AND HIS LAW PARTNER,
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AL PAGE, HAVE BEATEN THE ODDS
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LATELY.
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THEY WON FIVE OUT OF EIGHT
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ASYLUM CASES WHILE WE WERE IN
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LOUISIANA.
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AMONG THE WINS: DIXAN HERNDANDEZ
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NARANJO.
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WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AT THE BUS
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STATION IN NEW ORLEANS SHORTLY
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AFTER HE WAS RELEASED FROM
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DETENTION.
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HERNANDEZ SAYS HE'S GRATEFUL TO
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BE OUT IN WHAT HE CALLS "A
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COUNTRY WITH FREEDOM," BUT HE
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SAYS THE TREATMENT HE RECEIVED
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IN DETENTION, ESPECIALLY IN
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SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, WAS NOT
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WHAT HE EXPECTED IN THE UNITED
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STATES.
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>> I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE
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WHEN I'VE BEEN IN THE HOLE, WAS
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LIKE THE SAME EXPERIENCE WHEN
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I'M IN THE HOLE IN CUBA.
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MAYBE MORE DANGEROUS THAN CUBA.
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>> Reporter: JAMAL JAMAL AND
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CRISTIAN DELEON REMAIN IN ICE
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DETENTION.
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A JUDGE RECENTLY DENIED JAMAL'S
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APPLICATION FOR ASYLUM.
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HE DECIDED TO APPEAL THE
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DECISION RATHER THAN BE DEPORTED
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IMMEDIATELY.
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DELEON HAS FALLEN ILL AND IS
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BEING TESTED FOR A HEART
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CONDITION.