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September 8, 2016

Immigrants Hold Sit-in at Kaine's Office Demanding Closure of Berks
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And on Wednesday, immigrants held a sit-in at the office of Hillary
Clinton's vice-presidential running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, in
Manassas, Virginia. Among them were two women formerly held in family
detention centers in Texas. They called on Kaine to take action to
release 27 mothers who have been held with their children at the Berks
Family Immigration Prison in Pennsylvania, in some cases for more than a
year. Kaine's office responded with a letter calling for five of the
families at Berks to be allowed to live with relatives in Virginia.
Activists say the letter is the first step toward a private bill that
would automatically defer their deportations for the rest of the
congressional session while they seek asylum.


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