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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.34,0:00:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I mean, what we have was a number of immigration enforcement raids,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.71,0:00:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um, on a number of construction worksites,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.41,0:00:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and undocumented workers, or workers who um y'know currently don't have legal work permits in canada
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.08,0:00:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but are otherwise going through the immigration process,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.28,0:00:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were picked up, arrested, detained.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.89,0:00:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, this was at the Victoria (Drive) site, was done, at the behest of a reality tv show,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.69,0:00:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is incredibly alarming, the fact that there is a reality tv company that is making money,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.23,0:00:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including a vancouver-based entertainment production company,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.93,0:00:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is profiting off the fact that people are going through, yknow, being arrested, being interrogated,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.14,0:00:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being violently shackled as they're being detained and deported.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.11,0:00:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the fact that this immigration style raid happened
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.84,0:00:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is yknow really reminiscent again of U.S. style enforcement.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.41,0:00:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of enforcement was present
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.75,0:00:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then coupled with the fact that there's a reality tv show
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.58,0:00:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i think both together are really quite alarming.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.68,0:00:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}interviewer{\i0} ] And what's the problem with the tv show um showing what border agents do day in and day out?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.26,0:00:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I think the premise of it is what's disturbing, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.87,0:00:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is the fact that um tv sells sensationalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.97,0:01:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the fact that border service agencies are gonna be --I would argue--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.28,0:01:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to be more kind of forced to make their raids more sensationalist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.50,0:01:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're gonna be treating people in, yknow like what we saw,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.81,0:01:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they had a massive team of enforcement officers kind of come down on people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.64,0:01:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also the fact that its a basic violation of people's rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.28,0:01:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today I talked to some of the workers at the jail,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.32,0:01:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yknow, so Force 4 is not confirming or denying that they were filming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.39,0:01:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the workers said that, yknow, in the jail, while they're being detained,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.89,0:01:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guards and officers are telling them that they have to sign a consent form.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.46,0:01:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's absolutely no consent,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.88,0:01:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if there's consent it's under conditions of duress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.83,0:01:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think it's really disturbing that we're, um, yknow,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.88,0:01:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing entertainment to be made and profited off of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.07,0:01:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's basically at the expense of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.61,0:01:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again and I think it's yknow it's disturbing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.33,0:01:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like all these American reality tv shows like the cops shows, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.79,0:01:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where you see these violent take-downs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.58,0:01:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and brutal, again, violations of people's privacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.62,0:01:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, again, it glorifies what border service agencies do,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.38,0:01:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without looking at the fact that these are family members who are being ripped apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.52,0:02:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without looking at the impacts of what they're actually doing, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.09,0:02:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's completely one-sided, it's like embedded journalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.81,0:02:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no talking to these people about {\i1}their{\i0} lived reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.63,0:02:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just trying to yknow show these border services agencies as glorified police officers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.40,0:02:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're in different legal situations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.98,0:02:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So some of them are on expired visas
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.94,0:02:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of them are actually currently going through different immigration processes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.74,0:02:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them are currently making sponsorship applications.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.38,0:02:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them have gone through the refugee process.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.48,0:02:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's actually a range of, um, of legal statuses in terms of the workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.65,0:02:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, they're trying to do their job,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.15,0:02:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think the question is yknow what does it mean to have massive-style enforcement raids
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.42,0:02:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where workers have been working for years and years and years
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.91,0:02:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of them are currently going through the immigration processes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.43,0:02:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's also the oxymoron of the immigration system,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.26,0:02:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is that a lot of people aren't actually given work permits,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.27,0:02:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but are somehow expected to take care of themselves and their families,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.77,0:02:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they end up in situations where they're working despite not being given a work permit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.37,0:02:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I do think there's a question of yknow why are we seeing this level of enforcement?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.73,0:02:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why aren't we instead talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.61,0:02:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is there are greater number of workers who are not able to work legally in this country?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.11,0:02:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is, I think, the main question.