WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.839 Time is here. No time to fear. Corilla is so 2 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.960 near because show time is here. So on with the show. 3 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:09.599 Let's give it a go. 4 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:13.199 Corilla is the one that you need to. 5 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:22.320 Show all right, in just sixty seconds. The most fabulous 6 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:27.399 I mean, he's really something. The best, most fabulous host 7 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:31.199 will be here. He just tells the truth all the time, bigly. 8 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:35.079 And he's funny, this guy. Have you heard him? Yeah, 9 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:40.000 he's funny and smart, smart and funny, not like those 10 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:44.399 nasty people on lamestream media. So don't go anywhere. He's 11 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:47.119 almost here. I know he doesn't speak well of me, 12 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:59.759 and that's okay because I mean, he's really quite fabulous. 13 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:04.719 If we are told that you should judge, we are 14 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:07.319 told you should judge a country by how it treats 15 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:11.439 the least among it, including its prisoners. Well, if that's 16 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:15.120 the case, we are the most inhumane country in North America. 17 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:18.840 We're gonna talk about some harrowing stories from Trump's regime. 18 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.920 Uncensored, unfiltered, unhinged. 19 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:26.000 It's the Cuell Cast. 20 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:28.599 Listen daily on your favorite streaming service. 21 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:35.840 It is the Crew Cast. I am Corel in my 22 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:39.560 pink Flamingo shirt. Here on Flamingo in Las Vegas. Welcome 23 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:43.480 to the Corral cast on this Wednesday, the nineteenth of March. 24 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:46.959 March already flying out the door, so very glad you 25 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:50.519 could join us today. You know today, I just I 26 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:53.040 read a story this morning that just horrified me, you 27 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:56.760 know just it just horrified me. And we need to 28 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:00.120 be paying attention to this because our reputation in the 29 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:06.040 world is suffering greatly right now, and really around the 30 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:09.879 topic of immigration. We seem to think if someone is 31 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:14.000 labeled an immigrant, or perhaps an illegal immigrant, that we 32 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:17.680 can just treat them like human garbage. And I don't 33 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:19.800 know if you're okay with that, but I am not 34 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:24.639 okay with treating someone like human garbage when their only 35 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:29.599 a fence is a paperwork problem, a paperwork problem that 36 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:34.560 our government does nothing to help these people with, and 37 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:40.039 a paperwork problem that doesn't even have to exist. I 38 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.439 don't normally read things on the show. I find that 39 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:47.120 somewhat boring, but I read an article this morning written 40 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:49.840 in the first person from a woman who went through 41 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:54.000 this and never should and I want to share that 42 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:59.439 article with you today and a few others. So you've 43 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:02.680 probably heard she's been in the news. She is a 44 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:07.159 Canadian actress and entrepreneur who was detained for two weeks, 45 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:12.000 two weeks in our country, and you just won't believe 46 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:12.719 the particulars. 47 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:13.639 I didn't. 48 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.240 As I took a break from researching how quickly do 49 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:23.039 you die from neurological diseases? I read this story and 50 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:27.719 it's it made me sad to be an American. A 51 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.159 lot these days makes me sad to be an American. 52 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:35.639 This story made me sad to be an American. Here 53 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:41.400 she goes, Okay, her name is Jasmine Mooney, and she 54 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:43.560 is safely back in Vancouver right now. 55 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:47.800 Okay. There was no explanation, no warning. 56 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:51.280 One minute I was in an immigration office talking to 57 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:54.120 an officer about my work visa, which had been approved 58 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:57.759 months before and allowed me a Canadian to work in 59 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.919 the US. The next I was told to put my 60 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.759 hands against the wall and padded down like a criminal, 61 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.400 before being sent to an ic detention center without the 62 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:08.960 chance to talk to a lawyer. 63 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:11.080 That seems wrong, doesn't it. 64 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.520 I grew up in Whitehorse, Yukon, a small town in 65 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.519 the northernmost part of Canada. I always knew I wanted 66 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:20.000 to do something bigger with my life. I left home 67 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.319 early and moved to Vancouver, where I built a career 68 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:26.600 spanning multiple industries, acting in film and television, owning bars 69 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:29.720 and restaurants, flipping condos, and managing Airbnbs. 70 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:30.480 Busy Girl. 71 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:36.720 I was granted my trade NAFTA work visa, which allows 72 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:39.519 Canadians and Mexican citizens to work in the US in 73 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:45.319 specific professional occupations on my second attempt. It goes without 74 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.639 saying then that I have no criminal record. I also 75 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:51.079 love the US and consider myself to be a kind, 76 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.519 hard working person. I started working in California and traveled 77 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.399 back and forth between Canada and the US multiple times 78 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:03.560 without any complication until one day, upon returning after. 79 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:04.680 You know who became president. 80 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:09.959 After returning to the US border, a border officer questioned 81 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:14.439 me about my initial visa denial and subsequent visa approval. 82 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:17.879 He asked why I had gone to the San Diego 83 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:21.639 border the second time to apply. I explained that that 84 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:24.199 was where my lawyer's offices were and that he had 85 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:26.560 wanted to accompany me to be sure that there were 86 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:31.199 no issues. After a very long interrogation, the officer told 87 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:34.399 me it seemed shady and that my visa hadn't been 88 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:38.040 properly processed. He claimed I also couldn't work for a 89 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:41.240 company in the US that made use of hemp, one 90 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:43.839 of the beverage's ingredients. For the company I work for. 91 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:47.480 He revoked my visa on the spot and told me 92 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.120 I could still work for the company from Canada, but 93 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:52.199 if I wanted to return to the US, I would 94 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:56.000 need to reapply. I was devastated. I had just started 95 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:59.160 building a life in California. I stayed in Canada for 96 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:01.680 the next few months and was eventually offered a similar 97 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:05.680 position with a different health and wellness brand. I restarted 98 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:08.680 the visa process and returned to the same immigration office 99 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.639 at the San Diego border, since they had processed my 100 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:15.639 visa before and I was familiar with it. Hours passed 101 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.279 with many confused opinions on my case. The officer I 102 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:21.360 spoke to was kind but told me due to my 103 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:24.720 previous issues, I needed to apply for my visa through 104 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:27.800 the consulate. I told her I hadn't been made aware 105 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.240 of that and had no problem doing it. Then she 106 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:34.639 said something strange. You didn't do anything wrong. You're not 107 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:38.160 a criminal. I remember thinking, why would she say that? 108 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:41.839 Of course I'm not a criminal. She then told me 109 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.680 that they had to send me back to Canada. That 110 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.079 didn't concern me. I assumed I would simply book a 111 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:50.199 flight and go home. But as I sat searching for flights, 112 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:53.920 a man approached me and said, come with me. There 113 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:57.680 was no explanation, no warning. He led me to a room, 114 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:00.839 took my belongings from my hands, and ordered me to 115 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:04.240 put my hands against the wall. A woman immediately began 116 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:08.600 patting me down. The commands came rapid fire, one after another, 117 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:12.120 two fast for me to process. They took my shoes, 118 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:15.439 pulled out my shoelaces. What are you doing? Why is 119 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:19.920 this happening, I asked, You're being detained. I don't understand. 120 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.439 What does this mean? For how long? I don't know. 121 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:25.920 That would be the response to nearly every question I 122 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:27.920 would ask over the next two weeks. 123 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:29.480 I don't know. 124 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.240 They brought me downstairs for a series of interviews in 125 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:36.120 medical questions, searched my bags and told me I had 126 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.040 to get rid of half of my belongings because I 127 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:42.079 couldn't take everything with me. Take everything where I asked. 128 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:44.680 A woman asked me for the name of someone they 129 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:47.839 could contact on my behalf. In moments like this, you 130 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.639 realize you don't actually know anyone's phone number anymore. They're 131 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:53.240 all in your phone. But by some miracle, I had 132 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.399 recently memorized my best friend BRIT's number because I had 133 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:59.639 been putting my grocery points on her account. I gave 134 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.839 them her phone number. They handed me a mat and 135 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:07.000 folded up sheet of aluminum foil. What's this, that's your blanket? 136 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:11.480 I don't understand. I was taken to a tiny, freezing 137 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:15.800 cement cell with bright fluorescent lights that never turned off 138 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:19.360 and a toilet. There were five other women laying on 139 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.800 the mats with the aluminum sheets wrapped over them, looking 140 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:27.279 like corpses. The guard locked the door behind me. For 141 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:30.920 two days, we remained in that cell, only leaving briefly 142 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.240 for food. The lights never turned off, we never knew 143 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:37.559 what time it was, and no one answered any of 144 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:42.399 our questions. No one in the cell spoke English, so 145 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:44.720 I either tried to sleep or meditate to keep from 146 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:49.000 having a breakdown. I didn't trust the food, so I fasted, 147 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:52.720 assuming I wouldn't be there long. On the third day, 148 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:55.399 I was finally allowed to make a phone call. I 149 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:57.639 called Brit and told her that I didn't understand what 150 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:59.720 was happening, and no one would tell me where I 151 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:02.320 when I was going home, and that she was my 152 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:05.720 only contact. They gave me a stack of paperwork to 153 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.559 sign and told me I was being given a five 154 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.360 year ban unless I applied for re entry through the consulate. 155 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:13.240 The officer also. 156 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:15.200 Said it didn't matter whether I signed the papers or not, 157 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:19.519 it was happening regardless. I was so delirious that I 158 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:21.919 just signed. I told them I would pay for my 159 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:23.919 flight home and asked when I could leave. 160 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:25.080 No answer. 161 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:28.720 Then they moved me to another cell, this time with 162 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:31.559 no matter blanket. I sat on the freezing cement floor 163 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:35.320 for hours. That's when I realized they were processing me 164 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:40.000 into a real jail, the o TA Mesa detention center. 165 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:44.240 I was told to shower, given a uniform, finger printed, 166 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:47.440 and interviewed. I begged for information. 167 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:50.240 Or a lawyer. How long will I be here? I 168 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:50.600 don't know. 169 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:52.519 Your case could be days, could be weeks, but you 170 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:56.759 better be mentally prepared for months months. I felt like 171 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.720 I was going to throw up. I was taken to 172 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:02.440 the new office for a medical check. She asked what 173 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:04.720 had happened to me? She had never seen a Canadian 174 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:07.559 in there before. When I told her my story. She 175 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:09.519 grabbed my hand and said, do you believe in God? 176 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:12.120 I told her I. 177 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:14.720 Had found God recently. She said, well, maybe this is 178 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:15.759 your calling. 179 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.759 To help others seekers. At the time, I didn't know 180 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:19.440 what she meant. 181 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:22.600 She asked her she could pray for I said I 182 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:26.600 could use all I could get more of sid store, 183 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:33.399 which gets increasingly more horrific when we return at our hand. 184 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.440 Want to support the Corell cast, then like and subscribe 185 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.720 the YouTube videos at the really Corell channel. Just go 186 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:43.320 to YouTube dot com forward slash really Correll, That's Kiri 187 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:47.759 l and subscribe to the most exciting YouTube stream available today. 188 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:52.440 If you're not visiting really corell dot com daily, you're 189 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.039 missing out. Get the podcast videos and the blug including 190 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:09.519 recipes at reallycorrell dot com. 191 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.240 So I'm telling you the story of Jasmine, a Canadian 192 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:19.240 entrepreneur who did everything right, applied for all her paperwork, 193 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:23.360 did it all properly, but then an immigration officer said, 194 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:26.759 now this ain't right. I smell something fishy. We're detaining you. 195 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:28.679 So they did. 196 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:33.399 She's been in for three days, no lawyer, and now 197 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:37.519 they've transferred her to a real jail. I was placed 198 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:40.440 into a real jail unit, two levels of cells surrounding 199 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:43.240 a common area, just like in the movies. I was 200 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:45.519 put in a tiny cell alone with a bunk bed 201 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:48.360 and a toilet. The best part there was a blanket. 202 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:51.679 After three days without one, I wrapped myself in mind 203 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:54.480 for a little comfort. For the first day, I didn't 204 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:57.440 leave my cell. I continued fasting, terrified that the food 205 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:00.399 would make me sick. The only available water came from 206 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:03.840 the tap attached to the toilet in our cell, neither 207 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.279 of which felt safe to drink. Eventually, I forced myself 208 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:09.559 to step out, meet the guards and learn the rules. 209 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:12.360 One of them told me no fighting. She said, I'm 210 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:15.120 a lover, not a fighter, he laughed. I asked if 211 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:17.440 there had ever been a fight in this unit. No, 212 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.200 No one in this unit has a criminal record. That's 213 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:23.480 when I started meeting the other women and hearing their stories, 214 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.679 and that's when I made a decision. I would never 215 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:29.799 allow myself to feel sorry for my situation, no matter 216 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:33.120 how hard this was. I had to be grateful because 217 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:35.720 every woman I met was in an even more difficult 218 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:38.799 position than mine. There were one hundred and forty of 219 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:41.159 us in the unit. Many women had lived and worked 220 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:45.399 in the US legally for years, but had overstayed their visas, 221 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:49.120 often reapplying and being denied. They had all been detained 222 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:52.480 without warning. If someone is a criminal, I agree they 223 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:54.960 should be taken off the streets, but not one of 224 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:58.240 these women had a criminal record. These women acknowledged that 225 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:01.879 they shouldn't have overstayed and took responsibility for their actions, 226 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:05.600 but their frustration wasn't about being held accountable. It was 227 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.279 about the endless bureaucratic limbo that they have been trapped in. 228 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:11.879 I met a woman who had been on a road 229 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:14.480 trip with her husband. She said they had ten year 230 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:17.679 work visas. While driving near the San Diego border, they 231 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:21.039 made a mistake and got into the lane leading into Mexico. 232 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:23.279 They stopped and told the agent they didn't have their 233 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:28.519 passports on them, expecting to be redirected. Instead, they were detained. 234 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:32.639 Both are pastors. I met a family of three who 235 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:34.639 had been living in the US for eleven years with 236 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:38.039 work authorizations. They paid taxes and were waiting for their 237 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:41.360 green cards. Every year, the mother had to undergo a 238 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:44.120 background check, but this time she was told to bring 239 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.399 her whole family. When they arrived, they were all taken 240 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.679 into custody and told their status would now be processed 241 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:55.120 from within the detention center. Another woman from Canada had 242 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:56.919 been living in the US with her husband, who was 243 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:00.519 detained after a traffic stop. She admitted she overstate or 244 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.559 visa and accepted that she would be deported, but she 245 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:06.000 had then been stuck in the system for six weeks 246 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:09.799 because she hadn't had her passport on her Who runs 247 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.200 to the grocery store with your passport papers? 248 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:13.559 Please? 249 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:17.759 One woman had a ten year visa. When it expired, 250 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:21.720 she moved back to her home, Venezuela. She overstayed by 251 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:25.080 one month before leaving. Later, she returned for a vacation 252 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:28.120 and entered the US without issue, but when she took 253 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.519 a domestic flight from Miami to Los Angeles, she was 254 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:35.480 picked up by ICE and detained. She couldn't be deported 255 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:40.799 because Venezuela wasn't accepting deportees. She had no clue when 256 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:44.759 she would be released. The girl from India overstayed her 257 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:48.919 student visa for three days because of COVID. She then 258 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:52.000 came back to the US on a new valid visa 259 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:55.799 to finish her master's degree, but she was handed over 260 00:14:55.840 --> 00:15:00.600 to ICE because years previously had overstayed by three days. 261 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:04.120 There were women who had been picked off the street, 262 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:09.039 from their homes, from their workplaces. They had been there 263 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:13.279 for a few weeks or up to eleven months. One 264 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:16.360 woman's daughter was outside protesting. 265 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:17.919 That night. 266 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.279 The pastor invited me to a service she was holding. 267 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:24.679 A girl spoke in English and was translated. She another 268 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:28.200 person saw her husband and children across the hallway. They 269 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:33.559 had been torn apart months ago. She openly wept. At 270 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:35.440 three am the next day, I was woken up in 271 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.879 my cell. Pack your bag, you're leaving. I jolted upright, 272 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:41.879 I get to go home. I don't know where you're going. 273 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:45.639 Of course, no one ever knew anything. I grabbed my 274 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.840 things and went downstairs, where ten other women stood in silence, 275 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:53.480 tears streaming down their faces. These weren't happy tears. We 276 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:57.879 were being transferred. I had no idea what was waiting 277 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:02.200 for me next. Our next was Arizona, the San Luis 278 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:06.799 Regional Detention Center. The transfer process lasted twenty four hours 279 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:11.639 of sleepless, grueling ordeal. This time we were transported with men, 280 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:15.480 roughly fifty of us, crammed into a prison bus, shackled 281 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:19.039 around our waist, women in the front, men in the back. 282 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:25.279 We were bound in chains. When we arrived at our 283 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.879 next destination, we were forced to go through the entire 284 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:33.759 intake process again, medical exams, finger printing, pregnancy test. They 285 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:37.480 had me pee into a dixie cup and stuck a 286 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:39.559 pregnancy test in it. 287 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.480 It was disgusting. 288 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.000 We sat in freezing cold jail cells for hours waiting 289 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:48.600 for everyone to be processed. Across the room, one of 290 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.759 the women suddenly spotted her husband. They had both been 291 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:54.200 detained and were now seeing each other for the first time. 292 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:59.440 We were belonged, exhausted, beyond exhausted. I felt like I 293 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:02.960 was hallosin. The guard tossed us each a blanket and 294 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.000 said find to bed. There were no pillows. The room 295 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:10.160 was ice cold, and one blanket wasn't enough. Women laid 296 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:13.359 curled into themselves, heads covered, looking like a room full 297 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:18.519 of corpses. It was like the last jail in the world. 298 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:22.680 Thirty of us shared a room. We were given one 299 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.599 styrofoam cup for water and one plastic spoon for food, 300 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:31.079 and we had to reuse it for every meal. The 301 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:34.359 towels they gave us were hand towels. They would not 302 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:37.599 give us more blankets. The lights were on twenty four 303 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:41.440 to seven. Everything felt like this was meant to break you. 304 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:44.960 Nothing was explained to us. I was not given a 305 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:48.200 phone call. We were locked in a room, no daylight, 306 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:51.880 with no idea how or when we would get out. 307 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.160 Then they let me send an email. I typed out 308 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.880 a message, praying it would be seen through my CEO 309 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:02.519 was able to connect with brit She told me they 310 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:04.839 were working around the clock to try to get me out, 311 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:09.200 but no one had any answers. The system made it 312 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:13.599 next to impossible. I told her about the conditions, and 313 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:15.079 that's when we decided. 314 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:15.440 To go to the media. 315 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:20.039 She worked with reporters, She worked with anyone she could. 316 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:23.119 With nothing to do in my cell but talk. I 317 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:26.920 made new friends. I began to think they all needed 318 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.559 the media. Through them, I learned the harsh reality of 319 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:35.720 people seeking asylum. Showing me their physical scars, they explained 320 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:38.759 they paid twenty to sixty thousand dollars to reach the US. 321 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:43.799 Many of these women were highly educated and spoke multiple languages, 322 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:46.680 yet they had been advised to pretend they did. 323 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:49.640 Not speak English. 324 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:52.920 Women were starting to panic in this new facility, and 325 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.319 knowing I was most likely the first person to get out. 326 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:58.079 They wrote letters and messages for me to send their families. 327 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:01.480 It felt like we had all been kidnapped, thrown into 328 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:05.359 some sort of sick psychological experiment meant to strip us 329 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:10.599 of every ounce of strength and dignity. I got a 330 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:13.640 message from Britain my story had blown up in the media. 331 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:18.279 Almost immediately after I was told I was being released. 332 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:22.319 My ICE agent, who had never spoken to me, told 333 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:25.000 my lawyer I could have left sooner if I had 334 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:27.799 signed a withdrawal form, and that they hadn't known. I 335 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:30.920 would pay for my own flight. But from the moment 336 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:34.799 I arrived, I begged every officer I saw to let 337 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:37.599 me pay for my own ticket home. Not a single 338 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:40.359 one of them ever spoke to me about my case. 339 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:46.880 I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, 340 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:51.960 families and politicians advocating for me, and I was still 341 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:57.720 detained for two weeks. And now she gives me the 342 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:01.640 reason why, and I will tell you, and you're not 343 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:07.720 going to like it. Don't go away, And she is 344 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:09.160 not alone. 345 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.960 I have twelve other case things. 346 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:15.200 Hey, Correll here, and I'd like to take a moment 347 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.359 to thank all the patrons of Patreon. Your support means 348 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:21.200 the absolute world to me and the show. 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So please listen on all streaming services, watch 360 00:20:57.720 --> 00:21:00.640 and subscribe on YouTube, and support the show through Patreon 361 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:04.480 at Patreon dot com forwards last, really Correl. Thanks from 362 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:07.640 thirty years of support to the loudest, craziest, most unhinged 363 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.920 gay guy and his little dog. 364 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:11.559 And let's keep the party going as long as we can. 365 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:28.559 So. A Canadian named Jasmine, an entrepreneur who went through 366 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:32.039 all the proper legal steps but still ended up in detention, 367 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.759 got transferred to three separate facilities and treated like human trash, 368 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:43.599 like every other person in the facility. She said, it 369 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:46.519 was surreal listening to my friends recount everything they had 370 00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:50.400 done to get me out, working with lawyers, reaching out 371 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:54.839 to media, making endless calls to detention centers, desperately trying 372 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:57.240 to get through to ICE or anyone who could help. 373 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:01.960 They said, the entire system fell rigged, designed to make 374 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:07.160 it nearly impossible for anybody to get out of And 375 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:13.319 then the reality of why became clear. IIC detention isn't 376 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:20.079 just a bureaucratic nightmare, it's a business. These facilities are 377 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:27.000 all privately owned and run for profit. Companies like core 378 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:33.480 Civic and Geo Group receive United States government funding based 379 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:37.240 on the number of people they detain, which is why 380 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:43.519 they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It's a very lucrative business. 381 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:50.039 Core Civic made five hundred and sixty million dollars last 382 00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:55.799 year alone from ICE contracts. In twenty twenty four, CEO 383 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:59.920 Group made more than seven hundred and sixty three million 384 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:05.720 dollars from ICE contracts. The more detainees, the more money 385 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:09.240 they make. So it stands to reason that these companies 386 00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:14.519 have zero incentive to release people quickly. What I had 387 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:19.720 experienced was finally making sense. And it is not just 388 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:23.559 my story. It is the story of thousands of people 389 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:28.079 trapped in a system that profits from their suffering. 390 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:33.799 I am I. 391 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:38.960 I so we you know our prison system also is 392 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:46.039 that way. It profits from suffering from incarceration. You know, 393 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:49.279 DOGE is going after social Security and everything else, but 394 00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:54.880 they have no problem spending a billion dollars on two 395 00:23:55.000 --> 00:24:00.720 companies that illegally detain immigrants. What they did to this 396 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:06.160 woman is illegal. It was kidnapping. What they're doing to 397 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:10.759 these other people, that's kidnapping. And the United States government 398 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:16.640 should be ashamed. We all as citizens should be ashamed 399 00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:20.640 that right now, people like Russia all the way a 400 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:25.920 Lebanese doctor at Brown University, or people like let's see 401 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:32.480