Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants

Name: Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants
Genre: Talk & Interview, Documentary, Arts
Released: September 21, 2001

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Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants

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PBS | Air Date: September 21, 2001

Summary: An expose of the 1996 immigration law, "Abandoned" examines the wave of anti-immigration sentiment sweeping the nation. Legal American residents are being deported to countries they barely know or are being detained in prison. If they are deported, they are sent to countries they barely know. Political asylum seekers are held in prison andAn expose of the 1996 immigration law, "Abandoned" examines the wave of anti-immigration sentiment sweeping the nation. Legal American residents are being deported to countries they barely know or are being detained in prison. If they are deported, they are sent to countries they barely know. Political asylum seekers are held in prison and find their dreams are put on hold while the prisons profit from their detention.… Expand

Genre(s): Talk & Interview, Documentary, Arts

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