February 9, 2007 · A change in immigration policy now allows families who are in the U.S. illegally to be detained. Last summer, Immigration and Customs Enforcement began holding entire families, including small children, at a converted prison outside of Austin, Texas.
NPR : Facility Allows U.S. to Detain Immigrant Families
I don't know about you, but to me this smacks of internment camps. When will America grow up and stop thinking it can do anything it wants, no matter what the cost in dollars and lives?!
And when will Texas make some social progress, for criminy's sake?!
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