Dreamers
American Refugee
They came here as young children, brought illegally into the country by their parents. They might soon all be deported. LISTEN.
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Northside - Pit Bull
American Refugee
A black man walks his pit bull through a white neighborhood. What could go wrong? LISTEN.
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The Secret War
American Refugee
The Laotian Hmong are coopted by the CIA to fight communism. Then the real war begins. Do you want to hear a secret? LISTEN.
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Invasive Species!
American Refugee
Into the Florida Everglades to hunt those displaced and trying to survive. Or is it just evolution? LISTEN.
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Northside - Pastor Galloway
American Refugee
A journey inside the desperate struggle of today's black community in North Minneapolis. LISTEN.
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Rock On
American Refugee
Rock musicians displaced by the pandemic. What happens when the show can't go on? LISTEN.
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Death On The Borderlands
American Refugee
Every night a migrant dies of thirst attempting to cross the Texas backcountry brush. LISTEN.
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Immigrant Scholars
American Refugee
Let's all go to college and meet the immigrant scholars behind America's cutting-edge technology. LISTEN.
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Burpees
American Refugee
To stay fit during the pandemic America is working out with the Russian immigrant known as the Iron Wolf. LISTEN.
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Escape The Room
American Refugee
A shocking episode about domestic violence. The puzzle immigrant women face when they try to escape their abusers. LISTEN.
info_outlineTo circumvent the final and busiest immigration checkpoint in Texas, Central American migrants illegally crossing into the United States go on a 20-mile walk through backcountry brush.
And every night at least one migrant dies attempting to make this 20-mile walk across the merciless terrain of Brooks County, Texas.
They die of dehydration. They die because they are weak, confused, lost and thirsty. They die because death is here.
But one man is fighting death. In the borderlands, Eddie Canales is putting out water stations for migrants to drink and survive the deadly crossing.
And when you hear the horrifying story behind today’s humanitarian crisis, you just might think it an all-too-real indicator of a death that very soon may be coming for you.
This is American Refugee.
Eddie Canales, South Texas Human Rights Center
Sheriff Benny Martinez, Brooks County Sheriff's Department
Dr. Kate Spradley, Department of Anthropology, Texas State University
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, 15th District Texas, U.S.. House of Representatives
Matt Lohmeier, San Antonio Region Justice For Our Neighbors
Written, Engineered & Produced: Sam Graber
Music: Ryini Beats
Recorded: Brooks County, Texas; Minneapolis, MN
Original Release: March 2021
https://odaction.com/americanrefugee