[episode cut] Crime & Migration: An Abolitionist Plan for Immigration Justice

This month, on Laura Flanders & Friends, we’re taking a closer look at criminal justice—through the lens of abolition, accountability, and the power of the creative arts to tell fuller, truer stories. This week we’ll examine abolitionist approaches to migrant justice, separating fact from fear when it comes to mass detention

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Description: In this episode, Laura Flanders and co-host Amir Khafagy speak with Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, about her new book is “UNBUILD WALLS: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition”, and Aron Thorn, Senior Attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project’s Beyond Borders Program about the road ahead. Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star program and the state-based deportation process proposed in his state's Senate Bill SB4 could set the tone for the country. Activists can do their best to call out abuses, but what is really needed is an entirely new approach. What difference would an abolitionist lens make?

Guests:

• Amir Khafagy (Co-host): Journalist, Report for America Member, Documented

• Silky Shah: Director, Detention Watch Network; Author, Unbuild Walls

• Aron Thorn: Senior Attorney, Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP), Beyond Borders Program

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