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RAICES ‘Kids in Cages’ Installation is Reminder of Border Crisis

Virginia Isaad
In light of the ongoing border crisis, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) put up more than a dozen chain-link cages in the city (with dolls that represent children) as caucus-goers in Iowa choose their...
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California Bans For-Profit Prisons and Immigrant Detention Centers

Virginia Isaad
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday that bans for-profit, private prisons including immigrant detention centers by 2028, becoming the first state to do so. Starting on Jan. 2020, the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will not...