[opirgyork] TONIGHT! Illegal(ized): Short Documentary Screening + Guest Speakers

[OPIRG York]

*Illegal(ized): Short Documentary Screening + Guest Speakers*

*Short Documentary Screening and Guest Speakers:* *Tings Chak, Deepan
Budlakoti, & Mac Scott*
*Illegal(ized)* *(30 min)*
*Date: February 9th*

*Location: CLH M (Curtis Lecture Halls Room M)Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm*


*Filmmakers: Samay Arcentales, Sana Saleem, Nima Tabatabaei, Luwam Tekeste *

*Illegal(ized)* is a new documentary film exposing discriminatory Canadian
immigration laws which cause migrants to become imprisoned on the basis of
class and race. By looking at the alarming case of Deepan Budlakoti, a now
stateless Ottawa born young-man, and those imprisoned for years in the
Lindsay East Correctional Centre, who are neither released nor deported,
the horrifying situations which migrants find themselves in are uncovered.
This is the truth of the Canadian immigration system that everyone should
know about.

Join us for the first ever screening of this groundbreaking film! We will
be honoured with the presence of a few of the film participants. A Q&A will
follow.

We will be collecting donations for the *Justice for Deepan Budlakoti
<https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForDeepanBudlakoti>* committee.

*Guest Speakers:*

*Tings Chak*: Tings Chak is a multidisciplinary artist and architect whose
work draws inspiration from migrant justice and anti-colonial struggles.
She is an organizer with No One Is Illegal - Toronto and the End
Immigration Detention Network.

*Mac Scott*: Mac Scott is an anarchist who works in the law,
go figure. He is an immigration consultant with
Carranza LLP, also a member of OCAP, No One Is
Illegal - Toronto and the Law Union of Ontario. In his
free time he loves his collective house, his
family, beer, science fiction and bad suits not
necessarily in that order

*Deepan Budlakoti*: Deepan Budlakoti is a community organizer on issues of
migration and an active member of No One Is Illegal (NOII) Ottawa. He is
currently fighing the state for recognition of his own citizenship.
Although he was born in Ottawa, Canada is refusing him access to
citizenship rights and is attempting to deport him to India, where he has
never lived and where he is not a citizen.


Supported by *Opirg York <https://www.facebook.com/opirgyork>* and* No One
Is Illegal - Toronto
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/nooneisillegaltoronto/>*

*https://www.facebook.com/events/1539019886358098/
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1539019886358098/>*

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