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American Fever Dream

#438 How Immigration Reform Will Save Women’s Lives

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Amanda is joined by Pooja Asnani, director of the Immigration Project at Sanctuary for Families. Pooja details the immigration stories that have gone unreported for years. She explains just how dramatically the previous administration altered immigration processes -- specifically in ways that made it harder for undocumented domestic violence survivors to ensure safety in the US. She outlines how the Violence Against Women Act has provided vital protections, and how sweeping immigration reform and a path to citizenship would change -- and likely save -- the lives of undocumented domestic violence survivors. Today’s Black History clip is Amara La Negra on “The Real” answering, once again, what it means to be Afro-Latina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I love it.

0:00.8

You've actually been criticized in the press

0:02.6

for calling yourself Afro-Latina.

0:04.0

So please, for the people, explain what that term means.

0:07.4

Jesus, here we go again.

0:09.4

Listen up, take note.

0:10.4

Here we go again.

0:11.4

Well, basically, I am Afro-Latina.

0:13.8

I was born and raised in Miami,

0:14.8

but my parents are Dominican.

0:16.2

And then the Afro-Park means I come from African descent.

0:19.6

As you can obviously see on black,

0:21.8

but my culture and my family and everything,

0:24.3

we're Latinos, we're Dominican.

0:26.2

So I guess a lot of people get confused with the term,

0:29.4

but in Afro-Latino is, it just means that I'm black,

0:32.3

but I'm Latina.

0:33.1

You ready?

0:33.7

Here we go.

0:35.6

Betcha's media presents.

0:37.3

Donald Trump was a stain on our country.

0:40.8

I am someone's daughter.

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