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Federal dollars from immigrant detainees aren't worth intangible costs at Travis County Jail

By Gritsforbreakfast

I'd somehow missed news of this recent protest at the local jail, but here in Travis County, reported The Daily Texan ("Workers rights group pickets Travis County Jail," March 19), Sheriff Greg Hamilton faces increasing political pressure to scale back his department's expanded collaboration with the federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) service"We are presenting a letter today to the Travis County Jail signed by a broad base of community organizations, churches and immigration organizations to let them know there is large support for this cause" ... said [Cristina Tzintzun, a representative for the Workers Defense Project, an immigrant workers' rights organization].Many of the protesters spoke of the importance of cooperation between local law enforcement and the immigrant population...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 28, 2008 (boomark / email).