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>>> IN CHINA, CITIZEN

JOURNALISTS ARE RISKING

EVERYTHING TO REPORT THE TRUTH

AND PAYING A HEAVY PRICE.

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>> CUBAN ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE

NOT ONLY STRANDED AT THE BORDER,

THEY ARE BEING SOUGHT AFTER BY

THE CARTELS.

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>>> THE CORONAVIRUS FIRST SHOWED

UP IN WOULD YOU THANHTHAN OIG A

EARLY AS NOVEMBER, BUT THE

CHINESE BUSINESS TRIED TO CARRY

ON AND USUAL AND STEPPED UP ITS

EFFORTS AROUND THE EPIDEMIC.

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>> IT WASN'T UNTIL AT LEAST

SEVEN WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST CASE

WAS REPORTED THAT WUHAN WAS

REPORTED INTO A LOCKDOWN.

BY THEN, SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE

HAD TRAVELED OUT OF THE CITY FOR

CHINESE NEW YEAR.

BECAUSE OF THE SECRECYSECRECY,

CITIZEN JOURNALISTS AND DOCTORS

ARE TAKING INCREDIBLE RISK

BLOGGING FROM INSIDE HOSPITALS,

FUNERAL CENTERS AND THIS FORMER

LAWYER IS ONE OF THEM.

IN CHINA, CITIZEN JOURNALISTS

ARE RISKING EVERYTHING TO REPOR

THE TRUTH.

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>> JUST DAYS BEFORE THE WORLD

HEALTH ORGANIZATION GDECLARED TE

CORONAVIRUS A GLOBAL EMERGENCY,

WUHAN WAS ORDERED IN AS TO

LOCKDOWN BY THE GOVERNMENT.

FLIGHTS AND PLANES OUT WERE

CANCELED.

BUSES, SUBWAYS AND FERRIES

SUSPENDED.

AND MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE

CITY HOSPITALS --

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>> THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC,

CHINA HAS TURNED TO ONE OF ITS

PREFERRED TOOL, CENSORSHIP.

IT ARRESTED PEOPLE POSTING ABOUT

RUMORS OF A VIRUS, THE FIRST

DOCTOR WHO SOUNDED THE ALARM WHO

LATER DIED OF COVID-19 WAS TOLD

BY THE POLICE TO STOP, QUOTE,

MAKING FALSE COMMENTS.

AND IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR

JOURNALISTS TO DISAPPEAR.

AND THERE WAS A WARNING TO THIS

PERSON'S PARENTS WHO WORRIED

THIS TIME THERE MAY NOT BE A

WARNING.

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>> WITH THE MARKETS CLOSED, THE

CITY QUARANTINED, THE GOVERNMENT

BEGAN CONSTRUCTING MEDICAL

CENTERS.

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>> WUHAN'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS

OVERBURDENED ON A GOOD DAY, BUT

UNDER THE STRAIN OF THE

INCREASING CASES, ITS DOCTORS

AND NURSES WERE STRUGGLING TO

HANDLE THE WORKLOAD AND THE

SYSTEM WAS AT ITS BREAKING

POINT.

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>> THESE VIDEOS WERE RACKING UP

THOUSANDS OF VIEWS ONLINE AND

THE GOVERNMENT STARTED TO PAY

ATTENTION TOO.

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>> JUST AS THE SPREAD OF THE

VIRUS ACCELERATED IMPACTS DOZENS

OF COUNTRIES, HE WENT SILENT.

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>> THIS IS JUAREZ MEXICO, ONE OF

THE MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN THE

WORLD WITH OVER 1500 MURDERS

LAST YEAR ALONE.

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>> THE IMMIGRANTS WE MET WERE

TOO AFRAID TO SHOW THEIR FACES

OUT OF FEAR OF RETALIATION FROM

THE CARTELS.

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>> MPP STANDS FOR THE MIGRANT

PROTECTION PROTOCOLS.

THIS CONTROVERSIAL POLICY FORCES

ACAI LUSYLUM SEEKERS TO WAIT INO

AS THE CLAIMS GO THROUGH THE

COURTS.

PRIOR TO THIS, MANY WERE ALLOWED

TO REMAIN IN THE U.S. ON PAROLE

AS THEY WAITED FOR THEIR CASES

TO BE PROCESSED.

SOME REFER CATCH AND

RELEASE.

>> PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HURRICANE

MICHAEL HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORT

CATCH AND RELEASE, THEY SUPPORT

THE RELEASE OF DANGEROUS

CRIMINALS FROM DETENTION.HILLAR

CATCH AND RELEASE, THEY SUPPORT

THE RELEASE OF DANGEROUS

CRIMINALS FROM DETENTION.

NOW THERE ARE 60,000 ASYLUM

SEEKERS STRANDED AT THE BORDER.

AND CUBAN MIGRANTS ARE

PARTICULARLY AT RISK OF

FOLLOWING INTO THE HANDS OF

CARTELS.

THEY BECOME A SOURCE OF INCOME

DUE TO THEIR PERCEIVED WEALTH

AND FAMILY CONNECTIONS IN THE

UNITED STATES.

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>> FOR DECADES, SUAREZ HAS BEEN

UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE

POWERFUL MEXICAN DRUG

ORGANIZATIONS.

BUT AFTER IN-FIGHTING, REVENUE

HAS DRAMATICALLY DECREASED AND

PPS PROVIDED ECONOMIC LIFE TO

THE CARTELS AND OTHERS LIKE IT

MAKING ASYLUMAM SEEKERS PRIME

COMMODITIES.

WE SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO HAD

SEVERAL KIDNAPPEDPED UNDER HIS

WATCH.

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>> AFTER TRAVELING THOUSANDS OF

MILES THROUGH YOU CENTRAL

AMERICA TO MEXICO, AFTER GETTING

ROBBED AND HARASSED ALONG THE

WAY, MANY ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE

ENDED UP LIVING IN THIS MAKE

SHIFT TENT CAMP.

AND THE CUBAN MIGRANT IS ONE OF

2,000 LIVING IN THIS CAMP.

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>> EVEN THOUGH HIS CASE IS BUILT

ON CREDIBLE FEAR, MPP HAS

EFFECTIVELY BLOCKED THESE ASYLUM

SEEKERS ACCESS TO DUE PROCESS.

BUT BACK IN THE UNITED STATES,

MANY REPUBLICANS ARGUE THAT MPP

IS A POLICY THAT ISN'T JUST

MAKING THE BORDER SAFER, BUT

ALSO PROTECTING ASYLUM SEEKERS

FROM THE VIOLENCE THEY FLED IN

THE FIRST PLACE.

>> I FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO

BELIEVE THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY

OF MEXICO IS DANGEROUS FOR

MIGRANTS AND THE COUNTRY OF

MEXICO AND OFFERED ASYLUM TO ALL

THESE ASYLUM SEEKERS.

YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THE

OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE

ASYLUM SEEKERS THAT REACH THE

UNITED STATES ARE NOT APPROVED.

87% ARE NOT APPROVED.

>> WE TALKED TO A LAWYER WHO

REPRESENTS MIGRANTS UNDER MPP TO

ENTER UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS SO

DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO PROVE

THEIR CLAIMS.

SO THERE IS AN ESTIMATED 60,000

ASYLUM SEEKERS STRANDED AT THE

BORDER.

HOW MANY OF THEM ON AVERAGE HAVE

LEGAL REPRESENTATION?

>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SINGLE

NUMBERS.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS

WHEN YOU HAVE A THOUSAND PEOPLE

IN THE BORDER AND RIGHT NOW

THERE ARE 25,000 CASES CURRENTLY

PENDING.

>> OUT OF THOSE, HOW MANY

ACTUALLY DO WIN THEIR CLAIMS FOR

ASYLUM?

>> LAST TIME I CHECKED, LESS

THAN 4%.

>> IS IT EASY TO MAKE IT CASE?

>> NONE OF THE JUDGES ARE

PERSONALLY IN THE COURT.

NEVER.

>> AND THE BASIS OF ASYLUM IS

PERSECUTION AND CREDIBLE FEAR.

HOW DOES AN ASYLUM SEEKER MEET

THAT CASE IFJUDGES THERE?

>> IT IS AN INDICATION OF THE

LACK DUE PROCESS.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE EYE CONTACT,

YOU HAVE TO SEE BODY LANGUAGE,

YOU HAVE TO CONNECT WITH THE

PERSON.

AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN YOU

HAVE SOMEBODY APPEARING VIA

TELEVISION.

>> UNDER THE UNIVERSAL

DECLARATION OF HUMAN RATES,

EVERY HUMAN IS ENTITLED TO SEEK

ASYLUM.

IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT VIOLATING

THAT LAW?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

MPP PROGRAM IS VIOLATING SO MANY

DIFFERENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS

INTERNATIONALLY AND NATIONALLY

ON SO MANY LEVELS.

WE INTENTIONALLY WILLINGLY ARE

PUTTING PEOPLE WHO ARE SO

VULNERABLE AT UNPRECEDENTED

RISK.

>> THE CUBANS WHO HAVE BEEN

HUNTED BY THE CARTELS FACE AN

IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE NOW THAT THEIR

LEGAL CLAIMS FOR ASYLUM ARE IN

LIMBO.

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>> AT TIMES, ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE

TO RESORT AT EXTREME MEASURES.

OUT DESPERATION, MANY RELY ON

HUMAN SMUGGLERS TO HELP THEM

CROSS ILLEGALLY INTO THE UNITED

STATES.

WOCHK THESE

ONE OF THESE SNUGGLERS AGREED TO

SPEAK TO US ANONYMOUSLY.

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>> AS OF TODAY, THE UNITED

STATES SUPREME COURT HAS RULED

IN FAVOR OF MPP ALLOWING THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE

IMPLEMENTING THIS POLICY WHILE

LOWER COURTS CHALLENGE THEM.

QUOTE, THE CONTROL RAMPANT

SMUGGLING AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

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THREE WEEKS AFTER WE FILMED, THE

LOCAL CARTELS WENT AFTER HIM

ONCE THEY LEARNED THAT HIS

FAMILY HAD PAID RANSOM FOR HIM.

HE WILL SOON BE RELEASED WHERE

HE NOW FACES EVEN MORE DANGER BY

THE CARTELS WHO VOW TO ATTACK

HIM AS SOON AS HE RETURNS.

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