At Issue with Mark Welp
ICE Reports: Separating Facts From Rumors
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How the Immigration Project verifies ICE reports and connects people with support.
Reports of ICE activity can spread quickly on social media. Erin Lamboi of the Immigration Project explains how its rapid response network confirms sightings, corrects false alarms and connects community members with legal and social services.
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At Issue with Mark Welp
ICE Reports: Separating Facts From Rumors
Clip: Season 4 Episode 10 | 1m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Reports of ICE activity can spread quickly on social media. Erin Lamboi of the Immigration Project explains how its rapid response network confirms sightings, corrects false alarms and connects community members with legal and social services.
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Erin, I wanna talk about the Rapid Response Team a little bit.
You're brand new to this.
- Yes, I am.
- At least at this organization.
Tell us what the Rapid Response Team does and how it helps people.
And I know you were busy last week with these ICE arrests that happened.
- Yes, so what the Rapid Response Team does, it is a network and our job is basically to confirm ICE sightings and also to confirm when there's not ICE sightings.
But our number one job and rule and objective is that we're sharing accurate information.
So a lot of times on social media there's a, you know, fear created and we are not trying to incite fear or to create any more damage or trauma to people that they're already going through.
So our number one goal is that, also it's for education.
So we're giving them Know Your Rights cards and information to help them to be able to advocate for themselves.
- So, speaking of social media, which is great and terrible all at the same time.
You know, I was seeing posts last week about ICE in different communities and different pictures of potential ICE agents.
And I guess what is your purpose of telling people, "Hey, ICE is in Springfield at the corner of Maine and 14th"?
- I think, well, the number one thing is that we're not only confirming when they are there, we're confirming when it's a false alarm too.
So the first thing is that we're trying to make sure that our communities are getting the truth and getting the right information, first of all.
And then the second reason that we're doing that is so that we can provide the help and legal services and social services that we do provide through the Immigration Project.
So through that, you know, through our Rapid Response Team, we are able to, when they are confirmed, be able to get there and work with those people who may or may not have been detained.
Do Constitutional Rights Depend on Citizenship?
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Clip: S4 Ep10 | 1m 11s | Charlotte Alvarez discusses constitutional protections for people who are not U.S. citizens. (1m 11s)
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Why Immigration Reform Remains Complicated
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