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Feds to begin immigration detention makeover

Published on 2009/08/06 by in Uncategorized

Immigration officials are immediately ending the housing of families at a former prison in central Texas as a first step in transforming immigration detentions from a criminal to a civil system. The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, John Morton, says some families will go to Berks Family Detention Center in Pennsylvania. But he also

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Exactly how crazy are the nativists?

Published on 2008/12/24 by in Uncategorized

That is the question posed by our friend the Damned Mexican on his excellent site. We had a chance to make a difference by urging Williamson County Commissioners not to renew the contract with CCA operators of the gulag like Hutto Family Detention Center. Sadly, hip pocket politics won out over common sense. Texas Civil

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Hutto Toy Delivery and Vigil to End Family Detention

Published on 2008/12/17 by in Uncategorized

Please join organizations and individuals from across the state in the third annual December vigil to end family detention, Saturday, December 20th, from 3-5pm. Since May 2006, immigrant families with small children have been jailed in the facility while awaiting asylum or immigration hearings. The prison has been criticized by human rights organizations worldwide as

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