Posted after midnight, Oct. 18th. May update later.
#OccupyHouston declares solidarity with Houston Unido in its protest against corporatized detention of illegal immigrants.
There are just some things which should not be ‘privatized’.
Protest at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the Federal Detention Facility in Downtown Houston:
1200 Texas Ave (at San Jacinto)
Houston, TX 77002
Details after the jump.
Remember, you can support #OccupyHouston without
participating in specific demonstrations with which you do not agree! (Read: OPINION: #OccupyHouston and the Energy Day Protest (Oct.
15) Just bringing your warm body (and any other warm bodies you can
rustle up) represents support for the movement.
SIGNIFICANT AID FOR OccupyHouston PARTICIPANTS!
Tweeted by“@OccupyHouston: http://Www.wepay.com/donate/OccupyHoustonBailFund this
account has been made to assist anyone who can’t financially bail themselves
out for taking part in CD.” [Civil Disobedience – Mike]
OccupyWallStreet has grown, and it’s all over the country! You can find an OCCUPY[YourTown] event by visiting OccupyTOGETHER.
If you live in or near Houston, Texas, the organizational web site is:
http://occupyhouston.org/
Remember that Occupies[YourTown] need supplies and money. #OccupyHouston has a link of their needs here. Use it as a reference, since your local group probably has similar needs.
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Scroll further down to see more details of the demands of Houston Unido, as articulated on their own site. — Mike
Occupy Houston Stands With HOUSTON UNITED
Occupy Houston stands in solidarity with the protest by Houston United on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the Federal Detention Facility.We condemn immigrant detention as an industry traded on Wall Street!
Help us stand with Houston Unido to stop the destruction of immigrant families and communities! Houston Unido/Houston United demands an end to:
- Racial Profiling
- Secure Communities<== Explained more clearly on the HU site.- Mike
- 287g <== Explained more clearly on the HU site.- Mike
- Profiting From The Detention Of Immigrants
- Detention for Non-Violent Immigrant Offenses
Protest at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the Federal Detention Facility in Downtown Houston:
1200 Texas Ave (at San Jacinto)
Houston, TX 77002
This affects all of us, and is another symbol of the corruption in the 1% affecting the 99%. Stand with Houston United!
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From the Houston Unido site:
Protest at the *Federal Detention Center (1200 Texas at San Jacinto) this Tuesday, Oct 18 @ noon.
HOUSTON UNITED calls for an end to racial profiling:
End detention for non violent immigration offenses: … Immigration violations are non-violent and victimless, yet comprise 35.5% of “offenses” that result in prison sentences.
Stop the destruction of families: … 79% of people deported under the so called “Secure Communities” program had NO criminal records or were picked up for minor offenses like traffic violations, leaving behind families that depended upon them.
End Secure Communities and 287g: … These programs require checks of the fingerprints of every person booked by local law enforcement against Dept. of Homeland Security databases for immigration violations. This has resulted in over a million deportations during Obama’s administration.
Stop profiting from the detention of immigrants: … In 2010, the 2 biggest private prison corporations, CCA and the GEO Group made $1.69 billion and $1.17 billon.Texas has more private prison immigration beds than any other state. Between the 5 corporations with ICE(Immigration and Customs Enforcement) contracts, lobbying expenditure from 1999-2009 was over 20 billion dollars. They lobby for anti immigrant laws and were involved in the drafting and passing of Arizona’s notorious SB 1070.
*the Federal Detention Center houses roughly 1,000 pretrial and holdover inmates (inmates held while waiting to be shipped to other prisons)
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