Texas Senate Paves Way For ‘Baby Jails’ To Be Licensed As ‘Family Residential Centers’

The legislation would allow the state to exempt the facilities from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Service’s general residential operations standards.

Julián Aguilar
By Julián Aguilar
Immigration

The Texas Senate on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to legislation that would make it easier for the state to license privately run detention centers as "family residential centers" in order to hold immigrant families in detention centers longer. Senate Bill 1018 by state Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineloa, would ease the guidelines the centers must

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Oregon Ruling Spurs Halt On Immigration Arrests

The decisions come as immigration reform has stalled and the Obama administration is being criticized for deporting mostly people who have not committed a serious crime — despite its stance to focus on dangerous criminals.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Craig Roberts

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon has found that an immigrant woman's constitutional rights were violated when she was held in jail without probable cause at the request of U.S. immigration authorities, one of several recent federal court decisions to scrutinize the practice of keeping people in jail after they're eligible for release so

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