Nov 05 2015
Why Immigrant Women At a Texas Detention Center Are On Hunger Strike Again
GUEST: Andrea Cristina Mercado, campaign director at the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and co-chair of We Belong Together.
Undocumented women at Hutto Detention Center in Texas are on an indefinite hunger strike, demanding that they be immediately released. A significant portion of the approximately 500 women being held at Hutto, are refusing food. Most of the detainees fled violence from their home countries of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Hutto is run by the private company, Corrections Corporation of America, which has come under fire in the past for its poor living conditions.
The hunger strike was apparently launched by 27 women who signed on to a hand-written letter that has been published online. The women warn of “grave injustices,” and say, “we are being told we have no rights and will be deported, with offensive words and gestures that make us feel worthless.”
Find out more about this story at www.grassrootsleadership.org or www.webelongtogether.org.
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