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Messages in the sky against US refugee detention centers

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Los Angeles, Jul 3 (EFE/EPA).- Growing up between Tijuana in Mexico and San Diego in the United States gave Latin singer Julieta Venegas a unique perspective to understand the border communities and the challenges immigrants face as they try to reach the US for a better life.She and a total of 80 artists with different backgrounds are part of the "In Plain Sight" coalition, an initiative that calls for the abolition of immigrant centers and an end to the incarceration culture in the US that mainly affects minorities.(Camera: EUGENE GARCIA)FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF SKY TYPING IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: MESSAGES IN THE SKY IN SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANTS IN THE US. SOUNDBITES: SINGER JULIETA VENEGAS (IN SPANISH) (00:00:21-00:00:44)"Asking for refuge is a human right. They cannot treat people like that; they are human beings who carry a terrible emotional baggage and an experience of this type can break them, they have to think of another way to treat people, they cannot do this, it is horrible,"

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