{"id":3606,"date":"2015-05-22T17:31:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T17:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2015-05-22T17:31:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T17:31:23","slug":"hundreds-march-in-dilley-protesting-family-detentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3606","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds March in Dilley Protesting Family Detentions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>by Eric Galatas\/TNS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Several hundred immigrant rights advocates rallied in Dilley, Texas, on Saturday, May 2nd, to call for an end to family detentions. The protest kicks off a national week of action calling on the Obama Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end the practice of locking up women and children, mostly from Central America, seeking refuge from domestic violence, organized crime and gang violence.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Libal, executive director with Grassroots Leadership, claims it\u2019s impossible to detain a mother and child in a way that can be considered humane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government needs to prioritize an alternative to detention,\u201d says Libal. \u201cRather than locking up these families for months on end in for-profit detention centers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3607\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3607\" class=\"wp-image-3607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-46034-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"On Saturday, several hundred people converged on the family detention camp in Dilley, Texas, to call for an end to the policy of locking up refugee parents and children. Photo: Austin Indymedia.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-46034-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-46034-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-46034-1-1-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-46034-1-1-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Saturday, several hundred people converged on the family detention camp in Dilley, Texas, to call for an end to the policy of locking up refugee parents and children. Photo: Austin Indymedia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a wave of asylum-seeking refugees hit Texas last summer, ICE expanded the practice of detaining women and children and quickly established several new facilities. The site in Dilley, where 2,400 individuals can be held, is the largest family detention center ever constructed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s operated by the Corrections Corporation of America. According to its website, it\u2019s the fifth-largest corrections system in the nation, behind only the federal government and three states. CCA holds some 70,000 inmates in more than 60 locations. Libal says mass detention is a costly policy for families and taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the Dilley Detention Center, Corrections Corporation of America is getting paid more than $300 a day for every person who\u2019s detained at that facility,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Nine of the 10 largest holding facilities in the state are run by for-profit companies. Libal adds the alternatives, like monitoring and ankle bracelets, are 96 percent effective at making sure refugees make their asylum hearings, and cost less than $17 per day per family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Eric Galatas\/TNS AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Several hundred immigrant rights advocates rallied in Dilley, Texas, on Saturday, May 2nd, to call for an end to family detentions. 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