orange is the new black season 1 episode 7

But it turns out her mom had lied to Maritza and she wasn't born in the States after all. She assumes that if she can just get her mom to send over her birth certificate, she can prove her citizenship and she'll be released. But after being released from prison, she's caught in a raid.

citizen? Yeah, that's what she thought, too. A surprise form of help for one detainee comes from - surprise! - Natalie Figueroa (Alysia Reiner), who is disgusted by ICE's indifference when a pregnant detainee (who was raped upon entry to the U.S.) is refused an abortion, and procures her the appropriate medication.īack up, you might say - what is Maritza doing there? Isn't she a U.S. The ICE kitchen workers try to help out - Gloria and Flaca find the detainees a source of legal aid and make phone calls on their behalf, and smuggle in a phone for Karla to say a heartbreaking goodbye to her kids when her request for asylum under the Convention Against Torture is denied. Anyone trying to visit or help the detainees is also put at risk of removal - when Diablo shows up to visit Blanca, his legal status is questioned and he's detained as well. It's nearly impossible to navigate a legal system in which you're not given advance notice about scheduled hearings phone and computer access is extremely limited and expensive the kiosk to buy stamps and phone cards is broken and translators aren't always provided. Karla, who is separated from her kids, at least has some legal know-how, which Blanca also benefits from, but that's not much of a leg up - and Orange shows how the dire the system is.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, plus we met a handful of new characters among the 75 housed in a holding pen, including Karla Cordova (Karina Arroyave), a detainee from El Salvador who befriends Blanca, and Shani Abboud (Marie Lou-Nahhas), a detainee from Egypt who falls for Nicky (who works in the ICE kitchen, along with Gloria, Red, Lorna, and Flaca). What happened at the new Immigration Detention Center?īlanca (Laura Gomez) and Maritza (Diane Guerrero) were imprisoned here by the U.S.

Orange is the new black season 1 episode 7