ICE shut down a hotline for detained immigrants after it was featured on 'Orange Is the New Black'
by Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times
Aug 23, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - In the fifth episode of the last season of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black," the character Maritza, who has been languishing in an immigrant detention center, finds out about a toll-free hotline she can call to get a free lawyer. As she's rejoicing, another character, Gloria, cuts her off.
Gloria warns Maritza: "You have to be careful, though. Apparently if they figure out that you're using the hotline, Big Brother shuts it down."
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