‘Democracy Now!’ Speaks to a Detained Immigrant Family
The Obama administration continues to detain immigrant mothers and children despite a judge’s order that doing so to deter mass migration is illegal. “Democracy Now!" speaks with a mother (pictured) and son who were detained in Texas, and with the former director of the University of Texas law school’s immigration clinic.The Obama administration continues to detain immigrant mothers and children despite a judge’s order that doing so to deter mass migration is illegal. “Democracy Now!” speaks with a mother and son who were detained in Texas, and with the former director of the University of Texas law school’s immigration clinic, Barbara Hines.
Hines’ affidavit on a lawsuit challenging the detention of women and children as a method of deterring mass migration was cited by a federal judge in his order to halt the practice.
— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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