How the deadly fire at a Mexican immigrant detention center connects to Chicago

At least 38 people are dead and dozens injured after the blaze, which happened at a center near the U.S.-Mexico border.

By Lynnea Domienik
How the deadly fire at a Mexican immigrant detention center connects to Chicago
People take part in a vigil for the victims of a fire at an immigration detention center that killed dozens, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. According to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at the center, starting the fire. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez) Associated Press
How the deadly fire at a Mexican immigrant detention center connects to Chicago
People take part in a vigil for the victims of a fire at an immigration detention center that killed dozens, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. According to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at the center, starting the fire. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez) Associated Press

How the deadly fire at a Mexican immigrant detention center connects to Chicago

At least 38 people are dead and dozens injured after the blaze, which happened at a center near the U.S.-Mexico border.

By Lynnea Domienik
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The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has said initial reports suggest that detainees lit small mattresses on fire to protest news that they were going to be deported.

Reset learns more about conditions at these detention centers and the latest on migrants and asylum seekers making their way to the U.S.

GUESTS: Gladis Molina Alt, executive director of Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights

Nicole Hallett, director, Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, University of Chicago Law School