Visiting Pearsall and Willacy Detention Centers Next Week

Next week, three of us from Human Rights First’s Refugee Protection Program will be in Texas to visit the South Texas Detention Center in Pearsall, TX (more commonly referred to as Pearsall Detention Center) on Tuesday and Willacy County Detention Center in Raymondville, TX on Wednesday. Joining us on the visit to the facilities will be representatives of local legal service providers, pro bono law firms, faith-based groups, and community organizations. While in the area, we will visit the facilities, speak to detained asylum seekers, and confer with local legal service organizations and community groups. We plan to blog from the road, so check back next week for our posts.

In the News:

This week’s The Washington Post series “Careless Detention”, “Detention in America” on 60 Minutes, and The New York Times’ reports on immigrant death in detention aptly characterize the grave plight of asylum seekers and other immigrants in detention and bring much needed national attention to these issues.

To learn more about asylum seekers in detention, visit Human Rights First’s Refugee Protection Program website.