This edition: Insecure Communities

Episode Details

Original tape date: May 25, 2011.

On this edition of Independent Sources we look at the uproar over the Secure Communities program. We talk about how press freedom is on the decline in certain parts of the world. Then, we meet a Russian journalist who was stripped of his citizenship for his reporting.

Guest List

Yuri Bagrov Journalist

Jessica Courtemanche Independent Sources

Daniel P. Dromm Member-Elect, City Council of New York, District 25

Michelle Fei Co-Director, Immigrant Defense Project (IDP)

Renée Feltz Investigative Reporter, DeportationNation.org

Karin Deutsch Karlekar Senior Researcher & Managing Editor, Freedom House

Zyphus Lebrun Host; Producer, Study With the Best; Independent Sources

Udi Ofer Advocacy Director, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)

Garry Pierre-Pierre Producer/Co-Host, Independent Sources

Javier Sierra Projects Director, World Press Freedom Committee

Manisha Vaze Families for Freedom (FFF)

Vianora Vinca Producer/Co-Host, Independent Sources