BorderEncuentro2017_Day1_IMG_0933-1
Day 1 - SOA Watch Border Encuentro 2017 - US District Court, Tucson to Eloy Detention Center, Eloy, Arizona
SOA (School of the Americas) Watch -
Border Encuentro - November 10-12, 2017
Over the course of three days, thousands gathered on both sides of the US / Mexico border in Nogales, AZ / Nogales, Sonora, plus Tucson and Eloy, AZ - to take a hard look at the massive human costs of border militarization and US immigration policies... and to protest the long and continuing history of US intervention in the affairs of Latin America.
End Operation Streamline!
The US District Court in Tucson is one of 7 courts along the border where Operation Streamline operates. The court proceeding convicts up to 70 people of "illegal re-entry after deportation" in a group hearing that lasts under 2 hours. The court appointed lawyers have 20-30 minutes to get to know their clients. All those convicted serve at least 1-6 months in private prisons. The private prisons receive millions of taxpayer dollars for incarcerating immigrants.
"Many investigative reports have exposed the links between these companies and an increase in immigrant detainees. Programs like Secure Communities and SB1070 ensure this corruption continues"
The Eloy Detention Center, located an hour north of Tucson in the Sonora Desert, is one of many private prisons in the US, used to incarcerate immigrants. Like other private prisons, Eloy serves to profit off of laws that fill its beds.
#SOAWatch #borderencuentro
BorderEncuentro2017_Day1_IMG_0933-1
Day 1 - SOA Watch Border Encuentro 2017 - US District Court, Tucson to Eloy Detention Center, Eloy, Arizona
SOA (School of the Americas) Watch -
Border Encuentro - November 10-12, 2017
Over the course of three days, thousands gathered on both sides of the US / Mexico border in Nogales, AZ / Nogales, Sonora, plus Tucson and Eloy, AZ - to take a hard look at the massive human costs of border militarization and US immigration policies... and to protest the long and continuing history of US intervention in the affairs of Latin America.
End Operation Streamline!
The US District Court in Tucson is one of 7 courts along the border where Operation Streamline operates. The court proceeding convicts up to 70 people of "illegal re-entry after deportation" in a group hearing that lasts under 2 hours. The court appointed lawyers have 20-30 minutes to get to know their clients. All those convicted serve at least 1-6 months in private prisons. The private prisons receive millions of taxpayer dollars for incarcerating immigrants.
"Many investigative reports have exposed the links between these companies and an increase in immigrant detainees. Programs like Secure Communities and SB1070 ensure this corruption continues"
The Eloy Detention Center, located an hour north of Tucson in the Sonora Desert, is one of many private prisons in the US, used to incarcerate immigrants. Like other private prisons, Eloy serves to profit off of laws that fill its beds.
#SOAWatch #borderencuentro