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March 26, 2014

7 Undocumented Immigrants Block Detention Center in Alabama 
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Seven people have been detained in Alabama after blocking the entrance
to a detention center for undocumented immigrants. The protesters
— each of them also undocumented — chained themselves in
front of the Etowah County Detention Center. An activist with the
Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice said the rally was called to
oppose harsh conditions for detainees.

Yazmin Contreras: "We're asking that the Etowah Detention Center treat
their detainees better. A lot of them have been complaining that they're
not getting the appropriate food, that they're not allowed to practice
all of their religion, are being abused. And three, that they don't have
an area in which they can actually go outside and breathe fresh air."

 

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