LGBT immigrants abused, neglected at detention centers run by Homeland Security

[The Philosopher]

from Dallas Voice

The http://www.immigrantjustice.org/press/detention/ocrclcomplaint.html">National Immigration Justice Center has filed civil rights complaints on behalf of 13 LGBT immigrants who were allegedly abused and neglected at detention centers run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in nine states, including one in Houston. The Heartland Alliance’s NIJC filed the complaints today in a letter addressed to Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, calling on the department to investigate and implement new policies.

The group has also http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5967/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6408">launched a petition calling on the DHS and President Barack Obama to end the abuse of LGBT immigrants in detention.

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