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Shut Down Hutto; Rethink the Detention of Families
The Department of Homeland Security’s T. Don Hutto immigration dentention center in Taylor, Texas treats detainees, including children, like criminals. It’s time to close it down and adopt more humane immigrant detention policies. Megan McKenna is senior coordinator of Media and Communications of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, a member of Detention Watch Network, a national coalition of organizations and individuals working to reform the U.S. immigration detention system. IMMIGRATION MATTERS regularly features the views of the nation's leading immigrant rights advocates.
The Department of Homeland Security’s T. Don Hutto immigration dentention center in Taylor, Texas treats detainees, including children, like criminals. It’s time to close it down and adopt more humane immigrant detention policies. Megan McKenna is senior coordinator of Media and Communications of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, a member of Detention Watch Network, a national coalition of organizations and individuals working to reform the U.S. immigration detention system. IMMIGRATION MATTERS regularly features the views of the nation's leading immigrant rights advocates.
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