A Time to Be Bold

Published: July 13, 2021, 11:19 p.m.

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Maria is joined by Marcela Hernandez, organizing director with Detention Watch Network, and Mustafa Jumale, co-founder of Black Immigrant Collective, to discuss immigration policy and the intensifying situations in Haiti and Cuba. They unpack the Biden Administration\\u2019s immigration proposals, and the ways that anti-Blackness permeates the U.S. immigration system. We also hear from Patrice Lawrence, co-director of the UndocuBlack Network.\\xa0 ITT Staff Picks: - For Teen Vogue, Silky Shah, executive director of Detention Watch Network, shares her organization\\u2019s strategies for shutting down ICE facilities in local communities.\\xa0 - Rowaida Abdelaziz, reporter for Huffpost, writes about racism Black immigrants face within the immigration system: \\u201c[they] are disproportionately detained, receive higher bond costs, and say they face racist treatment within detention centers.\\u201d - Instead of military intervention, Daniel Larison writes that the the U.S. should provide Haiti with humanitarian aid and assist in the investigation of Jovenel Mo\\xefse\\u2019s assassination.\\xa0 Photo credit: AP Photo/Emilio Espejel \\xa0

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