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    O.A.S ,Hearing On Immigrant Detention Conditions In The U.S.

    Organization of American States To Hold Hearing On Immigrant Detention Conditions In The U.S.
    By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor

    Immigration detention centers have seen several detainee deaths.

    The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights announced this week it will hold a hearing on conditions at detention centers for undocumented immigrants in the U.S. The hearings come after a series of detainee deaths prompted complaints from immigrant and civil rights organizations.

    According to a story on Univision.com, the commission –which is part of the Organization of American States (OAS)– expects to publish a report on immigration detention centers later this year.

    Santiago Cantón, the commission’s executive secretary, said at a press conference Tuesday that his panel has requested U.S. government authorization to visit some of the detention centers, but negotiations stalled over conditions for the visits.

    The hearing will be held on Friday, March 20th, at OAS Washington headquarters, according to the official schedule for the IACHR’s 134th period of sessions.

    The case of the detainees will be presented by the Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law.

    According to Cantón, the schools’ involvement and the hearing itself might help convince the U.S. government to allow the commission to visit the jails.

    A recent Government Accounting Office report said the detention centers display bureaucratic deficiencies, medical personnel under staffing, slow response times to medical emergencies and poor food quality, according to a recent special report on Univision.com.

    The American Civil Liberties Union has asked Congress to pass a law that would increase supervision of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and improve the treatment of immigration detainees.

    Ninety immigrants have died in detention since 2003, according to the ACLU.

    Some of the more high-profile deaths –like those of Guido Newbrough in Virginia and Hiu Lui ‘Jason’ Ng in Rhode Island– have brought attention to the plight of detainees.

    But others are shrouded in secrecy, ACLU attorney Monica Ramirez told Univision.com.

    “We don’t know all the causes for those deaths,â€
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    NO and furthermore NO WAY in H. So these guys, who have no control of their own citizenry enough to keep them at home with jobs, and whose prisons are probably no more than pits in the ground or cages somewhere in the jungle, are coming here to judge US? Before any hoity-toity, self-important OAS commissioner comes to look at our "lack of treatment" for illegals, I want to know how many prisoners (oops) die in their prisons. Until verifiable figures come from any and all of these countries, they have no basis to take us to task for something they are probably 20-times more guilty of.
    New idea, throw the OAS out of their offices and use the site for an illegal alien detention center.
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    I agree 100%, vortex!
    A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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    Our congress already had hearing on the detention centers...these people just did not like the out come...they did not close them down and they just can't take NO for an answer, they are just like spoiled children....kind of like our congress when it comes to amnesty
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    In any large class of people some portion will die in or out of detention.
    I support enforcement and see its lack as bad for the 3rd World as well. Remittances are now mostly spent on consumption not production assets. Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)

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