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ACLU Sues over Child Detentions at Texas Immigration Jail

HeadlineMar 07, 2007

And in the latest update on a story Democracy Now! has been covering, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against U.S. government officials on behalf of 10 children held at an immigration jail in Texas. The ACLU says the children have been subjected to inhumane treatment as their families await immigration decisions. The suit names Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and six immigration and customs officials. Some 400 people are detained at the Hutto facility in Taylor, Texas. Around half of them are children. Hutto is owned by the private prison company, Corrections Corporation of America.

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