Women and children wait at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility, in Brownsville, Texas. CREDIT: Eric Gay/ AP In a signed letter submitted to the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, 136 House Democrats called on the Obama administration to end the practice of detaining Central American mothers and children in family detention facilities.
The Sudden Momentum For Keeping Immigrant Kids And Families Out Of Detention
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee, Think Progress
Fri, 05/29/2015 - 5:02am
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