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Opponents call for alternatives to immigrant detention centers (Corrected)

By | 03.14.12 | 3:07 pm

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, led a tour this week of their new immigrant detention center in Texas. The detention center, which will be managed by Florida-based private prison industry corporation The GEO Group, has raised concerns from immigrant advocates.

President Barack Obama (Pic by The White House)

Across the U.S., immigrant advocates demand Obama terminate Secure Communities

By | 08.16.11 | 9:47 am

Immigrant rights organizations will join today in a national day of action in six U.S. cities, including Miami, to deliver a report that documents what they see as Secure Communities abuses, demanding that the Obama administration terminate the immigration enforcement program immediately.

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