Public Radio InternationalNov 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.
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“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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For more NEWS stories and ONLINE Petition:
- "Families Protest How The U.S. Treats Asylum Seekers," Refinery29, Nov 16, 2015
- "Women on hunger strike face retaliation at this Texas immigration detention center, activists say," Fusion, Nov 4, 2015
- Support the hunger strikers. Tell ICE and CCA: “Freedom Now!” ONLINE PETITION
