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3rd Court of Appeals dismisses suit that challenged "family residential centers" that meet only minimal child welfare standards

Georgia detention center, Texas' usual suspects in spotlight

More than 5,000 immigrant children in detention centers

Unknown number of immigrants languish in private detention center in Taylor; a small but growing group is working to make their situation public knowledge

Local groups say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shouldn't get away with sidestepping federal protocol

Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration

Measure passed following council members' visit to border detention facilities

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

Positive changes coming, but some say it's not enough

On June 1, a judge will consider whether to allow detention centers to be licensed as child-care facilities

U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks denounces conditions at T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center, ruling finds American Civil Liberties Union "highly likely" to prevail in lawsuits filed on behalf of minors housed at facility

Taylor prison houses largely asylum-seeking women and has been the subject of numerous accusations of abuse

T. Don Hutto detainees can't get their day in court

"The conditions at Karnes and Dilley are equivalent to prisons," said Bob Libal

ACLU files 10 lawsuits on behalf of immigrant children who were detained at the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center in Taylor

Why did Adil Dghoughi die?

Controversial private prison contracts directly with ICE to house women seeking asylum

Illegal workers and sexual assault – just another WilCo contract

Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"

Not nearly enough

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Activist group calls for full boycott against East Austin nonprofit's programs

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Orders Department of Justice to begin releasing children and mothers

Hunger strikes call attention to plight of women and children refugees

St. Andrew's offers sanctuary to immigrant mother and child

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State allows family detention centers to skirt the rules and become child care centers