The Case of Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir

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🗓️ 28 August 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Back in February, Maria and Julio sat down with immigration activist Ravi Ragbir, who had endured what a federal judge called an "unnecessarily cruel" detainment and was threatened with a scheduled deportation. Since then, Ravi has been granted a stay from a New Jersey judge. But earlier this month, he was back in court in New York, fighting to be granted a second stay in hopes of preventing his new scheduled deportation date, September 7, 2018. With the recent updates to Ravi's case, In The Thick brings a special rebroadcast of Maria and Julio's conversation with Ravi and Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the NYCLU.

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0:00.0	Julio? Maria?
0:02.0	Ridiculously, insanely busy newsweek.
0:07.0	What a surprise with this administration.
0:10.0	It's like every day, every week, it's just big news. It's overwhelming, but I know. You know, we often
0:17.9	start our show with a news topper. We've decided this is the most important story that needs to be talked about this
0:24.8	week exactly the most important one and it's the story of the detention of
0:28.5	Ravi Raghier. So 20 people watching me in agony handc Hanukkah in a gurney, waiting for a doctor to come and clear me,
0:36.8	so I can be detained and I can be deported.
0:38.8	Hey, welcome to In The Thick This is a podcast about politics, race, and culture from a POC perspective.
0:47.0	I'm Maria In no Hosa.
0:49.0	And I'm Julio Rico Lovare.
0:51.0	And joining us in the studio in Harlem today is Ravi Rogg Beer. He is the
0:54.1	executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition in New York City and perhaps one of
0:59.9	the most prominent immigration rights activists in the United States today and
1:03.4	you'll understand why in a second. Ravi, thank you so much for being here in Harlem
1:07.2	with us. Thank you for having me. And from her ACLU office in downtown
1:11.3	Manhattan joining us is Donna Lieberman,
1:13.7	who is the executive director of the New York City
1:16.6	Civil Liberties Union.
1:18.0	Donna, great to have you on in the thick.
1:20.5	It's great to be here, thanks.
1:22.4	All right, so full disclosure, right before we started, Donna just said to you, Ravi, I'm sending you a virtual hug.
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