Calls are ongoing for the reopening of a toll-free hotline for detained immigrants that was shut down after it was featured in a episode of Orange Is The New Black. The California-based Freedom for…
says the hotline was shut down on August 7, about two weeks after the July 26 premiere of the final season of Netflix’sIt had been featured in the fifth episode of the final season, in which Maritza, played by Diane Guerrero, who has been detained by, discovers a toll-free hotline she can call to get a free lawyer. As she joyfully tells Gloria about the hotline, Gloria quickly warns her, “You have to be careful, though.
The organization, which runs visitation programs in detention centers across the country, responded last week with a cease-and-desist letter to acting ICE Director Matthew Albence alleging that the termination is a violation of free speech and amounts to retaliation, and demanding that the hot line be restored.
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