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00:03:26People must take responsibility for their actions, the decisions they have made, and the consequences.
00:03:31Ordinary families may be destroyed.
00:03:33These are not the worst of the worst.
00:03:37These are the best
00:03:39of the best.
00:03:44Roll down your window. What happened?
00:03:48What are you saying? It's early February in Minnesota
00:03:51and Javier Abreu has been stopped by US Immigration
00:03:54and Customs Enforcement officers.
00:03:58Okay, tell me what happened. What did
00:04:01I do?
00:04:03Why do you want me to open the door? He is afraid to open the car door
00:04:07and records with his phone. Can you tell me what
00:04:10happened? Recently, two people were shot dead by officers in
00:04:14all right,
00:04:17Why are you breaking the
00:04:20window? Dad,
00:04:23wait!
00:04:26What are you doing? All right! Get out!
00:04:30Wait, I'll get out myself. I'll come out myself. I'm
00:04:33getting out myself.
00:04:36Don't take me out, I'll get out myself. Get out!
00:04:40What's the
00:04:45problem? I'll make a stone. That's fine. I don't know what
00:04:47happened. I don't understand. Don't come closer. Just
00:04:51stand there. What do these people want with me? What's your name?
00:04:55Javier Rabrio.
00:04:58I want to know why I
00:05:05have a problem. They didn't pay any attention and very easily
00:05:08took him with them. What happened at that moment?
00:06:12had submitted his residency application and was awaiting
00:06:16a decision on it. He is now in a
00:06:19detention center facing possible deportation.
00:06:22The couple's young daughter has American citizenship
00:06:26because she was born in the US. How do the girls
00:06:29feel? When they ask me when
00:06:32he's coming back, I tell them everything will
00:06:36be fine. Before these events, we felt
00:06:39safe here. Now. In previous
00:06:43administrations,
00:06:47Javier probably wouldn't have been detained because his residency application
00:06:51was being processed.
00:06:52However,
00:06:57case reviews often take years, and
00:07:01many Americans are angry about the increasing number
00:07:04of immigrants. In President Trump's election campaign,
00:07:08he promised voters to crack down on immigrants.
00:07:12The first day I return to the White House, I will cancel
00:07:15all of the Biden administration's programs and stop the
00:07:19invasion of our southern borders, and I will implement the largest
00:07:22deportation operation in American history because
00:07:26we have no other choice. His
00:07:29administration is trying to revoke the automatic right to citizenship
00:07:33for individuals born in the US to immigrant parents.
00:07:36The Department of Immigration
00:07:39receives $75 billion in additional
00:07:43funding. Also, the number of
00:07:46immigration officers has doubled to 22,000
00:07:50people. They were sent to various cities
00:07:54and arrested and deported some undocumented immigrants
00:07:57in the US, whose numbers are estimated to reach about
00:08:0114 million. Since President
00:08:05Trump took office, the number of arrests by the Department
00:08:09of Immigration has quadrupled. implemented
00:09:20measures in urban areas. 4,000
00:09:22federal agents were sent to
00:09:26Minnesota.
00:09:27Please
00:09:31go home. Please
00:09:34go home. In early January, Ringwood, a mother
00:09:38of three, watched an immigration operation in Minneapolis.
00:09:42defended
00:10:55the massacre. This person, who came
00:10:58with weapons and ammunition to stop
00:11:01the operations of federal law enforcement forces,
00:11:05had committed a terrorist act. This
00:11:08is a fact.
00:11:13The president said shortly after that the two shootings should not have happened and
00:11:17his administration was investigating the matter. But Minnesota
00:11:20officials criticized the administration for not cooperating
00:11:23with the local police investigation.
00:11:55And our neighbors here don't want such a thing and don't support
00:11:59it.
00:12:03These shootings have divided America.
00:12:06Donald
00:12:08Trump built his election campaign on hatred
00:12:12of immigrants. Republicans gathered here tonight to
00:12:15hear the words of the next governor candidates in Minnesota. Some
00:12:19here blame the protesters for inciting the conflicts.
00:12:22What are they doing? They're just interfering with the forces.
00:12:55Immigration in Minneapolis are in hiding. They
00:12:58think that if they leave their home or show their
00:13:02face in front of the camera, they will be targeted.
00:13:05It's very scary.
00:13:08It's a very difficult time and my family is very
00:13:12scared and distressed.
00:13:15The couple we call
00:13:18Lisbeth and Alfonso came to
00:13:21the US 20 years ago as children. Both
00:13:25submitted their residency applications in the US. Lisbeth has been granted
00:13:28temporary residency. Previously,
00:13:32at another time, this situation was acceptable for
00:13:36living, but under this administration,
00:13:40there is practically no validity
00:13:42to our case. We can be arrested at any moment, and he
00:13:46might also be deported. He was an social activist, and
00:13:49her husband works in construction and catering services.
00:13:52They both quit their jobs due to the
00:13:55immigration operations, but she has returned to
00:13:59work. I begged him not to go back to
00:14:02work, but he told me we had to eat and pay the
00:14:06bills. Their two children were born in the US and
00:14:09are American. But these days, they are homeschooled. Local
00:14:13schools warned that immigration officers target
00:14:17families when taking children to school. I really
00:14:20want to go back to Mexico City
00:14:23and build a new life
00:14:27for ourselves, and I want my children to be
00:14:30free.
00:14:32There are approximately 5 million families with different residency statuses
00:14:36like this in the US. This means that some
00:14:40family members have the right to live in the US, and
00:14:43others must be deported. Deportation destroys
00:14:47those families. It can mean that children, despite
00:14:50being American, are forced to leave US soil or live
00:14:54with another family member. Unfortunately, people
00:14:58have made decisions to either break the law or
00:15:01continue doing the same thing, and this
00:15:04means that those around them are affected. People must
00:15:08take responsibility for their actions, the decisions they have made,
00:15:11and the consequences.
00:15:13The
00:15:15Trump administration says that the Department of Immigration is looking for the most dangerous
00:15:19criminals. The worst of the worst.
00:15:21These are.
00:15:37Some of the people that the Department of Immigration has detained
00:15:41have committed serious crimes.
00:15:44But 70% of them have not committed any crime on US soil.
00:15:48For many, mass deportations meant going after
00:15:52bad people. But there aren't that many bad
00:15:56people. Most undocumented immigrants have lives that,
00:15:59yes, you could say they violate immigration law, but in other aspects,
00:16:03they live relatively normal
00:16:04lives.
00:16:11In Minnesota, a widespread network of volunteers
00:16:14has formed to help people who are afraid to leave
00:16:17their homes. This food bank sends 5,000 meals a
00:16:21week. The
00:16:24scope of this operation tells us two things. One, the number
00:16:28of people ready to help, and two, the number of people who
00:16:32need
00:16:32help.
00:16:36Why do people help
00:17:07with this? The volunteers are almost all white
00:17:11and say the reason is that people of color
00:17:15were arrested while delivering food. My father was arrested
00:17:18for doing the exact same thing we are doing now, and
00:17:22an hour later, he was transferred to Texas without any meeting
00:17:25with his lawyer, without anything. After his arrest, their father
00:17:29spent 16 nights in detention until he was finally released. He
00:17:32has four children who are US citizens.
00:17:3629 years.
00:17:46What they did to me is unfair because I had a driver's license
00:17:50and work permit, and I was waiting for my green card.
00:17:54I was handcuffed, my feet were chained,
00:17:58all my hands were tied just like
00:18:01a criminal. I
00:18:04felt very humiliated. Social
00:18:12groups in Minnesota say they have trained 35,000 people
00:18:16to safely monitor immigration officers.
00:18:19We are going to a hotel where they have
00:18:22been for at least the past month.
00:18:26I promise you there's at least one immigration car there.
00:18:29Madison spends most mornings
00:18:33patrolling. Are you breaking the law by following them? Not
00:18:36at all. From a safe distance, from a safe distance, you are
00:18:40absolutely allowed to observe government operations. I am not
00:18:44allowed to interfere with them. It's hard to stop or interfere
00:18:47with someone from behind.
00:18:50They have recorded the cars they say immigration uses
00:18:53in a database. Let's see if I can
00:18:57check this one. Yes, this is confirmed to be
00:19:01from immigration. 14 reports have been filed for it. This
00:19:04one is filming us. Yes, I don't know.
00:20:03I have conflicting feelings.
00:20:07I am hopeful, but at the same time, I ask
00:20:11myself, what if he doesn't come back? My mind goes
00:20:14to a thousand places, a thousand questions, a thousand
00:20:17thoughts. He is facing
00:20:21deportation, even though he has no
00:20:24criminal record. Hello, yes, good morning. Do we have a few minutes
00:20:27to talk? Of course.
00:20:31All right, I just wanted to let you know Javier's $12,000 bond
00:20:34has been approved. The
00:20:43lawyer gave me good news and told me that the judge
00:20:46approved my husband's bond. $12,000
00:20:50that needs to be paid. Where are you going to get this
00:20:52money? I don't know, but there are people
00:20:56who will help us.
00:20:59Great. Great. I'm happy. I'm really, really
00:21:02happy. In January, the number
00:21:06of immigrants in detention reached 70,000.
00:21:09This is double the number of detainees at the beginning
00:21:13of Donald Trump's second presidential term.
00:21:17Some are detained hundreds of kilometers
00:21:20from home. Javier was sent
00:21:24to a detention center in Texas, near
00:21:27the Mexican border.
00:21:30There, the East Montana camp is a huge
00:21:33complex of tents. It is currently the largest US Immigration
00:21:37detention center. This camp has a capacity
00:21:40of 4,000 people. A US Immigration
00:21:44inspection has shown that there have been deficiencies
00:21:48in providing medical services and maintaining the safety of detainees,
00:21:51and officers use force.
00:21:55A detainee died in January after being restrained by officers.
00:21:59US Immigration said another death in the same month was apparently
00:22:03due to suicide. Eli was at the East
00:22:06Montana camp at the time. Everything
00:22:10is white. Everywhere is white. People get
00:22:13very anxious. It's not just me. Many others
00:22:17also get anxious. It seems like I'm doing
00:22:20well, but I think this is a trauma that stays
00:22:24with a person for a long time. It has affected
00:22:28me a lot, my family, my wife, my
00:22:31children.
00:22:34This morning I made a surprise visit to the US Immigration
00:22:38detention center in my area, the East
00:22:42Montana camp.
00:22:44We had tuberculosis outbreaks, and now we have measles
00:22:48inside this facility. I was talking to a man who had been
00:22:52detained. The officers had been so violent during
00:22:55his arrest that they had broken his arm. I
00:22:59could see his broken bone.
00:23:02It was terrible. I asked him if he had told
00:23:06an East Montana camp employee about this, and he
00:23:09said, "I tell them every day." He told me that he was
00:23:13desperate. He said that he just wanted them to deport him so he could
00:23:16go to a hospital in his own country to be admitted. I think
00:23:20this process is intentionally designed to be cruel.
00:23:23Nearby,
00:23:28at a gun shop in El Paso, there are completely
00:23:32different opinions about the camp.
00:23:36We can bring in the real conservative we've always deserved. I think
00:23:39we should do this. This
00:23:42is an election campaign for Frost. He is running
00:23:45for Congress in Texas's 23rd district.
00:23:48Last
00:24:26year, 29 people died in detention centers, the highest
00:24:30number in the past 20 years. This year, so far,
00:24:3315 people have died. As part
00:24:36of the increased budget of US Immigration, $45
00:24:40billion has been allocated to detention centers. The plan
00:24:44is to provide space for 93,000 people by
00:24:47November. This includes converting these buildings near
00:24:51El Paso so that they can accommodate
00:24:558,000 people. These warehouses in this
00:24:58desert, more buildings across
00:25:02the country, truly demonstrate the industrialization
00:25:05of the government's immigration
00:25:08policies.
00:25:15The detention of immigrants has always been part of immigration laws.
00:25:18I am for detention.
00:25:42Regarding this new policy
00:25:46of converting warehouses for holding people,
00:25:50doesn't this raise a red flag for you?
00:25:53I'm sure that the same standards
00:25:57will be observed in all centers.
00:25:59The fact that the Trump
00:26:03administration believes that warehouses are places where human
00:26:06beings can be held for a considerable
00:26:09period indicates an extremely cruel
00:26:13and inhuman treatment. What about people who
00:26:16entered this country illegally? Don't you think
00:26:19they should be immediately expelled? If
00:26:22their only crime was crossing the border without identification
00:26:26documents, I think there should be a process for them
00:26:29to legalize their status and be able to stay
00:26:33here. We contacted US Immigration. They
00:26:36did not respond to us. The White House said
00:26:40that the President's first priority has been to deport
00:26:44illegal foreign criminals from the country and that
00:26:48they have the safest border in US history.
00:26:51They said that new agreements with local police represent
00:26:54an unprecedented level of cooperation and that local
00:26:58officials should want to cooperate with federal law enforcement
00:27:01to keep neighborhoods safe. President Trump has appointed
00:27:05a new Secretary of Homeland Security and has said that US Immigration
00:27:09can use more flexibility, but billions of dollars
00:27:12are also being spent on building new facilities and hiring
00:27:16more personnel. US Immigration has deported about half
00:27:20a million people from the country to date in Donald Trump's
00:27:24second presidential term. President Trump's commitment to implementing
00:27:27policies of mass detention and deportation of immigrants
00:27:31continues unabated, which means millions
00:27:35of people face fear and
00:27:38an uncertain
00:27:39future.
00:27:42This is a program that many Americans continue to support.
00:27:46In Minnesota, US
00:27:49Immigration ended its operations after
00:27:534,000 arrests. Thousands of people
00:27:56are no longer in hiding, and one family
00:28:00was reunited. No,
00:28:04my
00:28:05dear.
00:28:12After 13 days in detention, Javier
00:28:15has been released. A judge will decide a few months later
00:28:18whether he can stay in the US with his family or
00:28:22not. How was it where
00:28:24you were? I'm
00:28:26going to talk about it now, but it wasn't a good
00:28:29experience. How do you feel about
00:28:33being back with your family? Well, because they are my
00:28:37whole life. I'm very
00:28:40happy now, but I have to wear an electronic
00:28:44ankle monitor, which I don't like because
00:28:46I feel like it
00:28:48restricts me.
00:28:51Like millions of other undocumented immigrants, Javier
00:28:55may also be deported from the US, because President
00:28:59Trump is fulfilling his promise to crack down on immigrants. We
00:29:36ourselves had sheep when the lake had water.
00:29:40We had 200 sheep. Now we have
00:29:43200 sheep. When the lake had water,
00:29:46it was abundant. You can see
00:29:49a drop of rainwater for these camels.
00:29:53Now there is no dry water. The lake is in a
00:29:56bad state for its people. Once upon a time, the lake
00:30:00this week.
00:30:25Greetings to you, welcome to a short news segment. Iranian Foreign
00:30:29Minister Abbas Araghchi says that as a result of ongoing talks
00:30:33with Qatari mediators, Iran's proposed seven-day plan has now
00:30:37been reduced to two days, such that if the US meets
00:30:40Iran's conditions on the first day, the Strait of Hormuz will
00:30:44be reopened on the second day. These remarks by Mr. Araghchi coincide
00:30:47with the targeting of several other oil tankers in the Persian
00:30:51Gulf, including one carrying Qatari gas, which
00:30:55has faced widespread condemnation. Manouchehr Mottaki, Foreign Minister.