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Immigrant advocate says Ciudad Juarez fire video is 'shocking to witness'

Candles are lit during a vigil outside Mexican immigration facilities where at least 38 migrants died in a fire, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, on March 28, 2023, Mexico. A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said on March 28, 2023, prompting demands for justice. )Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images)
Candles are lit during a vigil outside Mexican immigration facilities where at least 38 migrants died in a fire, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, on March 28, 2023, Mexico. A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said on March 28, 2023, prompting demands for justice. )Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images)

New security footage shows security guards walking away as migrants bang on a cell door during the deadly fire in Ciudad Juarez.

Marisa Limón Garza, the executive director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center based in El Paso, talks with Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes about conditions for migrants in the city

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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