A toll-free hotline designed to help immigrants in detention centers get legal counsel was shut down by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the number was mentioned in the acclaimed Netflix series"Orange Is The New Black," according to the California-based group that runs it.
Seven producers and actors of the popular Netflix show joined 121 organizations, such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center,“We are heartbroken to hear about the shutdown of this hotline," said Vicci Martinez, who plays"Daddy" in"Orange Is The New Black" and one of the actors who signed the letter."We stand with Freedom for Immigrants and urge ICE to restore their hotline immediately.
"By blocking access to Freedom for Immigrants’ hotline, ICE furthers community disenfranchisement and prevents the public from knowing about what happens inside these facilities,” she added.said in a statement
The cruelty doesn’t stop!!
The last season was fantastic! Everyone needs to see it!
The Slow walk toward Tyranny accelerates pace nearly every songle day now Led by the highest office in GOV'T and accepted by the lowest quarters of $ociety And further when the Gov't Institutions in place to defend Democracy purposefully fail to do so!!!
WTH is the government censoring television now? Preposterous.
Article aside, ICE doesn’t hereby order entertainment companies any more than our President Dear Leader.
Freedom of speech ?
How can they do that ?
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SMH. There’s a reason TV shows/movies typically use 555 numbers...
Can ICE be compelled to allow detainees to answer calls initiated by parties not in detention?
They may have violated the program rules it seems. That’s what is expressed in the article posted.
Start a new hotline of your own with a non-profit NGO. No one can stop you.
Wait....Netflix wouldn’t be biased like that, right?
Here is the .
NBCnews is a racist anti-Semitic operation
Sounds to me like orange is the new black caused the problem stupid jerks
Hello. My empathy & compassion for others has PRACTICAL limits. Frankly, it's difficult to respect primary child caregivers FAILING to place ABOVE ALL ELSE the emotional well being & physical health of children they CHOSE to create. TheLargerIssue ArrestChildAbusers Peace.
Next season Brown is new black, Since there will be more browns incarcerations just saying But true
I remember when oitnb was funny rather than going down the orangemanbad route.
'We should run our actual justice system like Orange Is the New Black' is, uh, one point of view. Yup, that's a point of view, for sure.
So what your saying is people used It irresponsibly and now thousands of people are without the help they require? Wow what a awesome idea... good thing for hindsight
They way over dramatized what happens in detention centers, now they’ve caused this. Congrats OITNB
I support ICEgov.
NBCLatino I loved how OITNB exposed whats been happening with ICE.
Good!
Nice lies being tweeted.
Since when di illegal aliens deserve more respect and help than hard working poor americans trying to get by day by day. What happened to this country?
The scenes were very powerful
Clitvick
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