'Being There Was Torture': Journalist Estefany Rodríguez on Her ICE Detention

About this episode

Estefany Rodríguez shares her harrowing experience of detention by ICE and discusses the implications for immigrant journalists in the U.S.

Estefany Rodríguez, a Nashville-based journalist from Colombia, was arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement this past March. In this episode, Estefany gave Latino USA a shocking account about her detention and the inhuman conditions she experienced and witnessed. Estefany’s lawyers argue that her detention was retaliation for her reporting on immigration enforcement and ICE operations. We discuss what Estefany’s case shows about the conditions of immigration detention, and what it means that immigrant journalists could be targeted for their reporting in the United States. This story is part of our democracy and election coverage: The Latino Factor: How We Vote. Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. Follow the show to get every episode. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts. Follow us on  TikTok  and  YouTube . Subscribe to our  newsletter .   See omnystudio.com/listener…

People in this episode

Host: Maria Hinojosa

Guest: Estefany Rodríguez

Topics covered

• immigration detention
• journalism
• ICE operations
• retaliation
• Latino stories
• democracy
• elections

Keywords

• ICE detention
• Estefany Rodríguez
• immigrant journalists
• retaliation
• inhuman conditions
• Latino USA
• democracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Places: Colombia, Nashville

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