A community protest against the planned CCA immigrant detention center (Pic courtesy Gail Tyree) The Southwest Ranches Town Counil announced Thursday night that a meeting between Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Corrections Corporation of America and Broward County residents who oppose a proposed immigrant detention center will be held on Nov. 5
“„The Southwest Ranches Town Council just announced at tonight’s meting that the meeting with residents that was promised is going to be held on November 5th, 2011 at 10am. The place is not yet determined. Will forward details as they are made available.
“„Immigrant detention is the fastest-growing, least scrutinized form of incarceration in the United States. On any given day, the U.S. government incarcerates more than 33,000 immigrants in a vast national network of approximately 250 federal, private, state, and local jails. Among the detained population as a whole, the United States detains asylum seekers, refugees, torture survivors, undocumented immigrants, victims of human trafficking, long-term lawful permanent residents, families, and parents of children who are U.S. citizens.