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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,
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,
frustration, sadness and grief at her loss,

[<i> Tracey Mann
No One Is Illegal</i> ]

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and the countless loss 
of so many migrants and refugees.

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She was detained by CBSA (<i>canadian 
border services</i>) officials

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after being apprehended by Translink authorities 
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

[ <i>Rocco Severo
Community Member</i> ]

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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 <i>so</i> 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
she was transferred again to another jail.

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CBSA has the responsibility to give an answer,


[ <i>Karla Lottini
Journalist</i> ]

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because Lucia is not the first immigrant 
that lost her life.

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Stop this from happening.
We had a death in 2012, same deportation.

[ <i>Ruby Walji,
Relative of Walji family: 
2013 Deportation Order Lead to Murder-Suicide</i> ]

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There was another one in 2011, 2012, 
then 2013.

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This is 2014 and we got the same thing
happening again: deportation death.

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But what a wonderful thing it is to see so many people from so many places,


[ <i>Rev. Emilie Smith,
Anglican Priest </i>]

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saying "nadie es ilegal".
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,
and independent civilian inquiry

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and investigation into the death 
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
thing that has happened.

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This is something that goes against 
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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[ <i>crowd singing</i> ]

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... <i> I send my love... into the earth...</i>

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Not one more detention.

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Not one more deportation.

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Not one more death.