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Protest at Houston Processing Center against Raids and Deportation
by Gislaine & RoB
Saturday, Jun. 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM
roblock @ riseupDOTnet
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Around 2 dozen people gathered Saturday Morning at the Houston Processing Center, an immigrant detention facility run by the private corporation Corrections Corporation of America, to protest the recent raid and detention of more than 150 workers at Rags USA in East Houston.
Many folks parked on the north side of Greens road, and the protest took place on the south side, right next to the facility, making for quite a spectacle on a busy 2 lane road in north Houston. Protesters held signs, chanted, picketed, did interviews with the media (we noticed Univision, ABC, CW, the Chronicle and a couple others I dont know who they were with).
After a half hour of protest there were speeches by people who wanted to get on the mic. Including at least 3 socialist parties (whew), people from faith communities, a representative of CRECEN, a friend of Sin Fronteras who shut down the Processing Center in June of last year, as well as the girlfriend of a man who has been detained there for more than a year.
While we were hoping the turn out would have been larger, it was important to have a protest as soon as possible following this past raid. The mainstream media was there in force and will hopefuly let people know that there is resistance to these raids, and plans for a Emergency Response Network are underway, with a meeting planned for July 15th.
Props to all that came out on short notice. Keep organizing!
No Human is Illegal
by Gislaine & RoB
Saturday, Jun. 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM
roblock @ riseupDOTnet
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Keep Families Together
by Gislaine & RoB
Saturday, Jun. 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM
roblock @ riseupDOTnet
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Stop Deportations
by Gislaine & RoB
Saturday, Jun. 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM
roblock @ riseupDOTnet
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Picketing Against the Houston Processing Center
by Gislaine & RoB
Saturday, Jun. 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM
roblock @ riseupDOTnet
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Speaking Out
by Gislaine & RoB
Saturday, Jun. 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM
roblock @ riseupDOTnet
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