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Shut Hutto Down! Sin Fronteras goes to Taylor
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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Houston Sin Fronteras attended the August 18th march of protest of the T Don Hutto "residential" facility that incarcerates families and children in Taylor Texas, all for the profit of the Corrections Corporation of America
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Four representatives of Houston Sin Fronteras joined around 20 other activists from across Texas in Taylor, to demand the closure of the T Don Hutto facility and free the children (and grown ups) detained there.
A more detailed report will follow, here are some photos. Mark your calendar for their next protest, September 29th.
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We met at Herritage Park in downtown Taylor
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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We marched through (the mostly abandoned) downtown Taylor
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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Marching
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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We marched down MLK blvd right to the Hutto Facility
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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We arrived at a city park across a ditch from the T Don Hutto Facility
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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As we arrived we could see children playing on a playground behind 2 rows of fence. As we got without shouting distance and screamed "Niņos Eschuca, Estamos en la lucha!" all the children were taken inside. We hope they heard us.
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T Don Hutto a jail for children and grown ups
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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Immigration is not a crime, why are children serving time?
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Yellow Line
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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an improvement to security at the facility, they have painted yellow lines since the last protest in an effort to stop protestors from crossing ot the other side.
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Rock against Racism
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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Free the Children
by Houston Sin Fronteras Defense Committee
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
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