Judge restores immigrant-detention hotline featured in 'Orange Is the New Black'
by Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times
Feb 12, 2020
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge this week demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement temporarily restore a national toll-free hotline for detained immigrants that was shut down two weeks after being featured on the television show "Orange Is the New Black."
Freedom for Immigrants, which ran the confidential hotline, sued the Department of Homeland Security in January, contending that the termination was an act of retaliation and a violation of free speech. The California-based group advocates for an end to immigrant detention and has long been a vocal critic of ICE, which is overseen by DHS.
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