Activist Condemns "Dire" Conditions in Immigrant Detention Centers

Published: April 17, 2020, 4:12 p.m.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Amilcar Valencia, an immigration activist and executive director of El Refugio, to talk about the coronavirus outbreaks at immigrant detention centers across the country, the challenges they're facing as they attempt to ensure friends and loved ones in the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, and how longstanding humanitarian issues at such facilities are exacerbated by the current crisis.