I felt furious reading this article about the Immigration detention centers located in Karnes City and Diley Texas. The articles mentions that these two detention centers are overlooked by private companies that are under contract with the Immigration and Custom Enforcement, ICE. On December 2, 2016 Judge Karin Crump denied the license needed in order to have these two detention centers in compliance with the state. However, this isn't a new problem that arose a few months ago, this problem has been an issue since last year. According to the Texas Tribune article,
“The state District Judge Karin Crump rules that the Texas Department of Family and Protective services could not issue the license, which are needed to comply with a federal judge’s order issued last year.”
It's clear with the judge ruling, that these centers are not child care center's therefore, should not be able to house children. But in fact these centers are still open and operating.
I decided to look up what the Family Residential Standards are, according to the U.S Department of Homeland Security. These standards seem pretty humane and reasonable however, these two institutions somehow did not meet these standards for these children.
Lorena! My favorite blog.
ReplyDeleteI was learning about this a couple weeks ago in my Social Work class. Isn't it insane?? The fact that things like this go on for so long without getting any attention blows my mind. How is it that no one talks about it? Why aren't we protesting out in the streets? Who knows.
And those links! Really good idea. So helpful.
I'm glad you chose this a a topic, because whichever side of the immigration argument you are on, this is important.
There are children being held in a place that is not meant for them, and could very well mean it isn't safe. This is not about politics anymore, this is about the livelihood of those who cannot care for themselves.
I share your frustration. Hopefully you got a few more of our classmates interested.
Good work girl!!!
My colleague wrote an interesting article that are common to today's topic. I found it fascinating reading about this article and also got more information on the immigration system. She expresses her feelings in a well written format. She also provided quotes from the article that she cited which could help the readers follow her point.
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