“Children belong in schools and on playgrounds, not in detention centers,” their open letter states An impressive list of entertainers, physicians, educators, and advocacy organizations are among the notable figures to have joined forces to issue an open letter demanding the “immediate” closure of Texas’ Dilley Immigration Processing Center,... Continue »
And they can barely contain their glee. “This is truly one of the most exciting periods in my career,” one private prison executive said earlier this year Stephen Miller isn’t the only one thrilled about the unprecedented infusion of taxpayer funds going to his anti-immigrant agenda under the big,... Continue »
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The reimplementation of family detention by the Trump administration means more cruelty — and more money for private prisons The Trump administration is bringing back the detention of migrant families, a costly and unnecessary practice that has been condemned as “cruel and inhumane” by immigrant and human rights advocates... Continue »