#84: Undocumented and Unafraid (Live Show at NYU)
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this special live show recorded at New York University, Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela lead a discussion on DACA, the DREAM Act, and the future for undocumented immigrants with Cristina Jiménez, Executive Director of United We Dream (who was recently named a MacArthur Genius), and Sandra Lilley, Managing Editor of NBC Latino. Plus, we hear from Viviana Gonzalez, a student at NYU and co-director of Policy for the NYU Dream Team, an NYU organization that supports and advocates for undocumented students and their families. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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| 0:00.0 | This is a special episode of In The Thick. |
| 0:02.4 | We recorded it in front of a capacity, jam-packed live audience at New York University, |
| 0:07.8 | and we're super excited to share it with you. |
| 0:10.4 | We always love to meet listeners in person, so check out our Twitter page at In The Thick Show for updates on future live shows. All right. |
| 0:24.0 | Wow! |
| 0:25.0 | Wow! |
| 0:27.0 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Maria Inohosa. And I'm Julio Ricoadalajala and guess what we are live on campus at New York University. |
| 0:39.0 | NYU and joining us today is Christina Jimenez. She is |
| 0:46.6 | executive director and co-founder of United We Dream, the largest immigrant |
| 0:50.9 | youth-led organization in the country and hello Christina was just |
| 0:55.6 | announced as a 2017 MacArthur Genius Award winner. Welcome Genius |
| 1:00.9 | Christina! Also joining us is our good friend and a long time in the thick All-Stars |
| 1:08.0 | Sandra Lili, who's the managing editor of NBC Latino. |
| 1:11.0 | Welcome, Sandra! We're talking about something today that is super, super important to us and that is |
| 1:21.9 | undocumented immigrants and DACA which stands for |
| 1:25.1 | deferred action for childhood arrivals which has now been rescinded. Many people |
| 1:29.9 | still have DACA but October 5th was the deadline to reapply so if nothing changes |
| 1:34.5 | within two years no one will still have DACA and you know what's crazy |
| 1:40.2 | Christina and you and I have talked about this. |
| 1:43.2 | There's a saying in Spanish that goes, |
| 1:45.6 | no mile that can't be in no benga. |
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