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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Addressing concerns with ICE in the sky

Credit: 23ABC News | Bakersfield
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Addressing concerns with ICE in the sky
Addressing concerns with ICE in the sky

Eighty artists are coming together to launch "In Plain Sight," an effort to make visible what they call the injustices of the immigration detention system in the United States through ariel flyovers.

80 ARTISTS COMING TOGETHER TOLAUNCH "IN PLAINSIGHT" -- AN EFFORT TO MAKEVISIBLE WHAT THEY CALL THEINJUSTICES OF THE IMMIGRATIONDETENTION SYSTEM IN THEU-S.THIS IS A MAP OF THEIR FLYOVERS-- SPECIFICALLY WE ARE FOCUSINGHERE AT HOME.TODAY THEY EVEN FLEW OVER THEMESA VERDE DETENTIONFACILITY IN CENTRAL BAKERSFIELD.CHECK THIS VIDEO OUT!AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VIDEO --THE WRITING IN THE SKY READ "NOICE, NO ICE, NO ICE."ORGANIZERS SAY IN PLAIN SIGHT'SARTISTS REPRESENT ANARRAY OF AGES... GENDERPRESENTATION AND DIFFERENTEXPERIENCES.THEY SAY IT WAS ALL TO BRINGLIGHT TO IMMIGRATIONCONCERNS AND WHAT THEY SAY ISINJUSTICE FROM ICE TO LIGHT.23ABC SPOKE WITH THE MAN WHOCAME UP WITH THEMESSAGE -- AND HE ADDRESSED WHATTHE PROJECT MEANS."THE PRACTICE OF INCARCERATINGIMMIGRANTS IS WHAT THIS PROJECTIS ALL ABOUT.

IT'S A NATIONWIDEPROJECT -- A PROJECT KNOWN AS INPLAIN SIGHT.

THE IDEA IS THATMESA VERDE THAT'S THE DETENTIONCENTER AND IT'S A PRACTICETHAT'S BASICALLY A VIOLATION OFHUMANRIGHTS, AND OF COURSE, THEDETENTION OF CHILDREN CAN BECONSIDERED A CRIME AGAINSTHUMANITY."IN PLAIN SIGHT SAYS IT WILL BEDOING MORE FLYOVERSTOMORROW AND SUNDAY.SPEAKING OF THINGS IN THE

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