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Going to See the Volcanos
After unprecedented protests swept Cuba, a huge wave of people fled. A journalist shares his saga of being smuggled to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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After unprecedented protests swept Cuba, a huge wave of people fled. A journalist shares his saga of being smuggled to the U.S.-Mexico border.
SB 1018 would effectively lower state standards in order to license the facilities. The legislation was written by a for-profit private prison corporation.
“The bottom line is that 287(g) agreements cost counties money while damaging public safety and community trust in law enforcement,” the ACLU letter said.
The march highlighted the shared struggles of Muslims and Latinos in the age of Trump.
The law enforcement agencies, mostly in rural South Texas and along the coast, have applied to enroll in the 287(g) agreement.
‘There was no room to walk or cook, but you had to stay because there was no place else to go,’ one migrant farmworker said.
"We oppose these politics that have become poisoned with misinformation about immigrants and border life," said state Senator Jose Rodriguez.