Tuesday, November 17, 2015

USA: 'We have no rights.' 500 women go on a hunger strike at Texas immigrant holding facility - NEWS & ONLINE PETITION

Public Radio International
Nov 3, 2015

About 500 women at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Liberty, Texas, have launched a hunger strike to protest their treatment and to advocate for their release.


“There are grave injustices being committed — detentions spanning eight months, 10 months, a year, a year and a half,” Magdrola, a detainee from Guatemala, wrote in a letter. “In the end, we are being told we have no rights and will be deported, with offensive words and gestures that make us feel worthless.”
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