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FRONTLINE; Lost In Detention

10/14/2011

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Series

FRONTLINE

Program

Lost In Detention

Program Number

3002

Series Description

Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

More than one million immigrants have been deported since President Obama took office. Under his administration deportations and detentions have reached record levels. The get-tough policy has brought complaints of abuse and harsh treatment, including charges that families have been unfairly separated after being caught in the nationwide dragnet. The administration has promised to make the detention system more humane and more selectively target the most serious criminals. But it faces Republican critics urging stricter measures -- and a growing backlash among Latino voters, a key 2012 electoral force. In a co-production with the Investigative Reporting Workshop, correspondent Maria Hinojosa investigates Obama's enforcement strategies and journeys into the secretive world of immigrant detention, with a look at who is being detained and what is happening to them.

A FRONTLINE production with American University School of Communication Investigative Reporting Workshop

©2011 WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Duration

00:56:10

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

News

Public Affairs

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Lost In Detention,” 10/14/2011, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed April 26, 2018, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E160B2A929C946DF8F96CAA5D42594B1.

MLA: “FRONTLINE; Lost In Detention.” 10/14/2011. WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. April 26, 2018. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E160B2A929C946DF8F96CAA5D42594B1>.

APA: FRONTLINE; Lost In Detention. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E160B2A929C946DF8F96CAA5D42594B1