EXCLUSIVE: The Empire Files obtained footage of rarely-seen mass deportation trials, which send hundreds of refugees to private prisons in less than an hour.

Filmed on Dec. 14, 2015 in Tucson, AZ, this rare footage of Operation Streamline was at a trial disrupted in an act of civil disobedience by local clergy members.

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Abby Martin is a journalist and presenter of The Empire Files, a weekly investigative news program on teleSUR English. She was formerly the host of Breaking the Set on RT America network, working from the Washington, D.C. bureau. Abby also is an artist and activist who founded the citizen journalism organization Media Roots. She serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored. Abby appeared in the documentary film Project Censored The Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News (2013), and co-directed 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013). Follow her on twitter @AbbyMartin

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