ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION ABOUT WHAT THESE MIGRANTS ARE
GOING THROUGH.
GOING THROUGH. >> YOU JUST GOT BACK FROM
MEXICO.
MEXICO. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE EXACTLY
DID YOU GO AND WHY DID YOU GO?
>> WE WENT TO TAPACLUTA BETWEEN
MEXICO AND GUATEMALA.
WE WERE THERE BECAUSE WE LEARNED
THERE WERE AFRICAN HIGH GRANTS
THERE WHO HAD BEGUN TO PROTEST,
IN WHICH THEY WERE DEMANDING
THAT THEY BE ABLE TO LEAVE THAT
PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN
STRANDED ALMOST FOUR MONTHS NOW.
THEIR ONLY GOAL IS TO WALK.
AND THEY’VE BEEN PREVENTED FROM
WALKING.
WALKING. BUT IN WAYS THAT ARE -- HAVE
BEEN VIOLENT, HAVE BEEN -- THEIR
LIBERTY HAS BEEN DEPRIVED,
THEY’VE BEEN IN PRISONS, THEY
HAVE BEEN MISTREATED IN A
VARIETY OF WAYS, TO THE POINT
THAT THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
AND THEY’VE ORGANIZED THEMSELVES
INTO AN ASSEMBLY.
THEY HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE.
THEY HAD DEMAND LETTERS.
AND THEY’VE BEEN BLOCKING
DETENTION CENTER BUSES THAT
COMING IN.
COMING IN. AND DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO
TRY TO GET SOME ATTENTION TO
THEIR PLIGHT.
THEIR PLIGHT. >> TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR
COMMUNITY THAT YOU MET WITH.
>> HISTORICALLY, BLACK PEOPLE
WEREN’T EVEN INCLUDED ON THE
CENSUS UNTIL 2015, ’16 IN
MEXICO.
MEXICO. THEY WERE INVISIBLE TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. THESE ARE AFRICANS FROM THE
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,
FROM GHANA, ETHIOPIA, CAMEROON,
ERITREA, ANGOLA.
ERITREA, ANGOLA. >> 15 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
THERE.
THERE. >> I THINK IT’S ONLY SUPPOSED TO
BE 72 HOURS THEY CAN LEGALLY
DETAIN SOMEBODY, BUT THEY’VE
BEEN THERE FOUR MONTHS.
AND BECAUSE OF THE TRUMP POLICY.
AND THEY’VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR
THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER THAT IS
MOVED FROM THE SOUTH OF THE U.S.
TO THE SOUTH OF MEXICO.
>> HOW IS THE BLACK MIGRANT
COMMUNITY, HOW ARE THEIR
STORIES, THEIR NEEDS, THEIR
CIRCUMSTANCES DIFFERENT?
CIRCUMSTANCES DIFFERENT? >> SO THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENCES.
DIFFERENCES. SMALLER BUT STILL VERY
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. A LANGUAGE ACCESS PROBLEM.
THERE ARE TWO COUNTRIES ON THE
CONTINENT OF AFRICA THAT SPEAK
SPANISH, EVERYONE ELSE IS
ENGLISH OR FRENCH, THEN
PORTUGUESE WITH ANGOLA.
THEY’RE BEING HANDED FORMS TO
FILL OUT BY IMMIGRATION
AUTHORITIES IN SPANISH.
WHICH THEY CANNOT READ.
THEY’RE BEING TOLD, IF YOU DON’T
SIGN THIS YOU’RE GOING TO BE
DEPORTED.
DEPORTED. SO THEY SIGN THE FORMS BECAUSE
THEY’RE UNDERSTANDING THIS IS
PART OF THE PROCESS.
NOT KNOWING THAT WHAT THEY’RE
SIGNING IS SETTING THEM UP TO BE
DEPORTED OR SETTING THEM UP TO
BE DENIED.
BE DENIED. SETTING THEM UP TO BE DECLARED
STATELESS.
STATELESS. THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING TO THEM DIFFERENTLY
ARE BASED STRICTLY ON
ANTI-BLACKNESS.
ANTI-BLACKNESS. THEIR INABILITY TO ACCESS
MEDICAL CARE.
MEDICAL CARE. AND THEY COMPARED THAT TO THE
TREATMENT OF NONBLACK IMMIGRANTS
WHO GET WHOLE REPORTS WRITTEN
UP, WHO GET THEIR DIETS CHANGED,
BASED UPON COMPLAINTS THAT
THEY’RE MAKING.
THEY’RE MAKING. >> THEY GIVE YOU DIFFERENT
QUANTITIES OF FOOD.
>> MORE RICE.
>> THE FOOD, THE FOOD THAT’S
GIVEN TO BLACK MIGRANTS IN
DETENTION THAT THEY ACTUALLY
HAVE, THEY’RE GIVING THEM ROTTEN
FOOD.
FOOD. IT’S SYSTEMATIC.
IT’S SYSTEMATIC. IT’S BEEN DOCUMENTED BY HUMAN
RIGHTS GROUPS AS WELL AS THROUGH
THE DISCUSSIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS
OF BLACK MIGRANTS THERE, THAT
THEY ARE BEING TREATED
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. >> WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM THE
PEOPLE YOU TALKED TO ABOUT WHY
THEY ARE COMING TO THE UNITED
STATES, WHY THEY ARE FLEEING
THEIR HOME COUNTRIES?
>> THEIR SOCIETY OR THEIR
GOVERNMENT TURNED AGAINST THEM,
AND THEIR LIVES WERE THREATENED.
THEIR CHILDREN’S LIVES WERE
THREATENED
THREATENED THREATENED.
THREATENED. AND THEY SAID, IF I CAN JUST
MAKE IT TO THE U.S. BORDER, I
CAN SEEK ASYLUM.
I CAN PROTECT MY FAMILY.
IF AMERICA CARES ABOUT THAT
IMAGE THAT WE PROMOTED TO SAY
THAT WE ARE THIS PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE CAN COME AND THERE’S
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, THEN WE NEED
TO FIGHT FOR THAT IMAGE.
IT’S A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS.
>> ACCESS SPECIFICALLY.
PLEASE TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
IF THEY CARE ABOUT HUMAN LIFE
AND HUMANITY IN ANY WAY, HE
SHOULD PUT THE PRESSURE ON THIS
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. LET THEM KEEP WALKING.
>>> BACK TO THE NEWS ABOUT NEW
ENGLAND PATRIOTS WIDE RECEIVER
ANTONIO BROWN.
ANTONIO BROWN. HE WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT, INCLUDING FORCIBLE RAPE
RAPE, BY HIS FORMER TRAINER IN A
FEDERAL LAWSUIT.
FEDERAL LAWSUIT. IN A STATEMENT BROWN DENIED THE
CHARGES SAYING HE WILL PURSUE
LEGAL ACTION TO CLEAR HIS NAME.
THE NFL IS INVESTIGATING.
THE PATRIOTS SAY THEY TAKE THESE
ALLEGATIONS VERY SERIOUSLY.
MIKE FLORIO, "PRO FOOTBALL
TALK," IS HERE WITH US.
START WITH THE ALLEGATIONS.
WHAT’S ANTONIO BROWN BEING
ACCUSED OF HER?
>> HE’S BEING ACCUSED OF THREE
DIFFERENT INCIDENTS, TWO OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT, ONE OF RAPE.
IT’S ONLY A CIVIL CLAIM FOR NOW.
ONE OF THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN
THE PITTSBURGH AREA.
THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID
EARLIER TODAY THAT HIS OFFICE
WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
THE OTHER TWO HAPPENED IN MIAMI.