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Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access
Posted By Hatewatch Staff On November 3, 2009 @ 10:07 am In Uncategorized | 1 Comment
A startling petition arrived at the New York City Bar Association in October 2008, signed by 100 men, all locked up without criminal charges in the middle of Manhattan. In vivid if flawed English, it described cramped, filthy quarters where dire medical needs were ignored and hungry prisoners were put to work for $1 a day.
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1 Comment To "Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access"
#1 Comment By beholder On November 3, 2009 @ 5:09 pm
Is it any wonder that much of America believes in their bones that “illegal aliens have no rights”?