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Tag Archives: immigrant detention centers

‘Even the Birds and Animals Are Free’

Thu, Dec 29, 2016

Asylum-seeker Jeelani Ghulam traveled through 11 countries over one year from Pakistan to the U.S.-Mexico border, but his ordeal was only beginning....Read More

by Emma Pérez-Treviño , Gus Bova , Jen Reel and Melissa del Bosque

America Beyond Detention

Thu, Dec 29, 2016 |

By Gus Bova, Melissa del Bosque, Jen Reel and Emma Pérez-Treviño The United States portrays itself as a beacon of freedom and liberty, yet it operates the wor...Read More

Degrees of Separation at the Station Museum in Houston

by Michael Agresta

Lives in Limbo

How activism, art and architecture are bringing the shadowy immigrant detention system into clearer view

Wed, Dec 14, 2016 |

“These are public institutions,” Lopez says. “It's taxpayer money. And it's immigration — a national issue. But it's not something that we're having the...Read More

The Karnes County Residential Center is the first immigrant detention facility in Texas to be licensed as a child care provider.

by Melissa del Bosque

Hundreds of Central American Families Freed from Detention after Court Ruling

Volunteers are scrambling to house all the families, who were unexpectedly released after a ruling that prohibits Texas from licensing immigration jails as child care facilities.

Tue, Dec 6, 2016 |

Hundreds of Central American Families Freed from Detention after Court Ruling Volunteers are scrambling to house all the families, who were unexpectedly release...Read More

A section of the border wall near Camp Lonestar.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Advocates: Asylum-Seeking Mom’s Seizures ‘Uncontrolled’ in Texas Detention Center

Susana Arevalo Hernandez and her kids were picked up by immigration officials during ramped-up raids in early January.

Fri, Jan 29, 2016 |

Immigration rights advocates say a Salvadoran woman detained after recently ramped-up ICE raids isn't getting the medical care she needs....Read More

by Priscila Mosqueda

Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike in Texas Detention Center

Wed, Mar 19, 2014 |

Immigrants in a for-profit detention center in Conroe are refusing to eat in protest of conditions at the facility and the record number of deportations....Read More

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