I'm so glad to see this...I haven't been able to spend so much time looking at stuff online lately, but I just heard about this on the news so i looked it up...

ACLU sues over migrant children at former jail in TexasACLU sues over migrant children at former jail in Texas ( Read more... )

As those of you who look at this blog now and then know, for the past several weeks I have been trying to find out and share information about the Hutto Prison.

( here's the background on my learning about Hutto )

on Democracy Now right this minute they are itnerviewing a 9 year old in Hutto

fuck fuck fuck it is so fucking sad.

1) for people in the bay area, a bunch of immigrant justice groups have called for a week of action, starting next Monday and culminating in a big march on Friday, March 2. details here

2) a new article by Greg Moses gets more into detail about the Hazahza family, some of them have been released but some are still being held, including young ( Read more... )

please check out this post by sabbotabby

http://sabotabby.livejournal.com/401200.html

The Words of Mohammad, 11-Year-Old Prisoner, by Greg Moses
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Feb07/Moses11.htm

Immigration Policy Crosses Line of Common Decency, by Greg Moseshttp://www.

in case anyone (obviously none of y'all, but maybe people you know) still thinks that anti-immigration crap isn't about race...

read it hereNEW YORK (AP) -- The Ku Klux Klan has rebounded by exploiting current hot-button issues, especially immigration, according to a new report released by the Anti-Defamation League ( Read more... )