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Not one more.
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Not one more death.
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Not one more detention.
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Not one more deportation.
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Not one more death.
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Not one more detention.
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Not one more deportation.
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Today we come together
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with grief, sadness, frustration,[br]anger and rage
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at the death of Lucia Vega Jimenez.
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Who came in 2010 to canada seeking refuge.
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We are gathered here to express our rage,[br]frustration, sadness and grief at her loss,[br][br][ Tracey Mann[br]No One Is Illegal ]
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and the countless loss [br]of so many migrants and refugees.
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She was detained by CBSA (canadian [br]border services) officials
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after being apprehended by Translink authorities [br]for not having adequate fare.
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On december 19th she was transferred
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to a facility at the airport.
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The next morning on december 20th
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she was found one hour after she had hung herself.
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We don't know very much[br][br][ Rocco Severo[br]Community Member ][br][br].
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the timeline of what happened.
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We know that she was in the airport cell
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and then brought back to another cell
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and back and forth.
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But at this point she had spent at least 2 weeks
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in a maple ridge jail.
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Why did she spend so much time in jail?
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This person referred her to mental health services
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because obviously she was having a hard time.
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They didn't allow her to have those 2 appointments
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because almost immediately[br]she was transferred again to another jail.
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CBSA has the responsibility to give an answer,[br][br][br][ Karla Lottini[br]Journalist ]
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because Lucia is not the first immigrant [br]that lost her life.
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Stop this from happening.[br]We had a death in 2012, same deportation.[br][br][ Ruby Walji,[br]Relative of Walji family: [br]2013 Deportation Order Lead to Murder-Suicide ]
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There was another one in 2011, 2012, [br]then 2013.
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This is 2014 and we got the same thing[br]happening again: deportation death.
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But what a wonderful thing it is to see so many people from so many places,[br][br][br][ Rev. Emilie Smith,[br]Anglican Priest ]
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saying "nadie es ilegal".[br]No one is illegal.
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The deportations must end.
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The deaths must end.
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And we call an end to all detentions.
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We immediately order a full, transparent,[br]and independent civilian inquiry
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and investigation into the death [br]of Lucia Vega Jimenez,
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while under CBSA custody.
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Cruel and punitive conditions of migrant detention
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such as indefinite detention,
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as well as the new Refugee Exclusion Act
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that permits mandatory detentions
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and a two-tier refugee system,
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we call that this must come to an end.
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Nobody should be set in this condition.
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of taking their own life.
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It is the most disgraceful, and I would say sinful[br]thing that has happened.
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This is something that goes against [br]the very laws of humanity,
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and the very laws that I would say our Creator made.
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To love one another, and to care for one another.
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[ crowd singing ]
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... I send my love... into the earth...
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Not one more detention.
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Not one more deportation.
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Not one more death.