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Texas: Hundreds of Detained Immigrant Women, Children Stage Protest

HeadlineJun 24, 2015

Video has emerged showing hundreds of immigrant women and children being held at a private, family detention center in Dilley, Texas, protesting during a tour of the facility by Democratic lawmakers. Footage shot Monday by a congressmember and posted by BuzzFeed shows the women and children chanting “Libertad” and holding protest signs made from pillowcases and bedsheets.

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