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Immigration detainees engage in hunger strike over food served at Alabama jail
al.com ^ | August 08, 2014 | Brian Lawson

Posted on 08/09/2014 6:37:36 AM PDT by moonshinner_09

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama --Immigration detainees housed at the Etowah County Jail went on a brief hunger strike Thursday and today to protest the poor quality of food they are served, an immigrant rights group said.

But an Etowah County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said the protest was not a hunger strike because it did not last 72 hours."Several detainees refused three meals, which does not constitute a hunger strike, beginning Thursday ... today, Friday, August 8, 2014, the detainees accepted and ate lunch," spokeswoman Natalie Barton said. "Etowah County Detention Center staff quickly resolved the refusal of food and addressed the detainees concerns in a professional and responsible manner.

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If our lockup of them in jail in Alabama cannot accommodate them on their food choices.Then relocate them to Maricopa County Sheriff's Office allowing Sheriff Joe to feed them and house them in tent city.
1 posted on 08/09/2014 6:37:36 AM PDT by moonshinner_09
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2 posted on 08/09/2014 6:38:29 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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They would beg to be sent back to Alabama!


3 posted on 08/09/2014 6:39:18 AM PDT by Glennb51
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I wonder which activist troublemaker instigated this little episode.


4 posted on 08/09/2014 6:39:32 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Serve pork....See what happens.


5 posted on 08/09/2014 6:39:38 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Seriously? They protested the food they were getting? I just don’t get people anymore


6 posted on 08/09/2014 6:40:41 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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They’re free to go back across the border where the food was great. I’ll help with their one way bus ticket.


7 posted on 08/09/2014 6:40:57 AM PDT by bgill
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Fine. Food will no longer be served. Die.


9 posted on 08/09/2014 6:43:18 AM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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So let them stop eating. Problem solved.


10 posted on 08/09/2014 6:44:01 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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Put them on a plane and dump them on that mountain in Iraq.

They’ll eat.


11 posted on 08/09/2014 6:44:29 AM PDT by dforest
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Let them eat maggot infested beans and rice like they did back home - maybe they’re nostalgic for that ...


12 posted on 08/09/2014 6:45:13 AM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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Hunger strike?

OK and thanks.

Now it’s cheaper to keep ya.


13 posted on 08/09/2014 6:45:48 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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I thought all these illegal immigrants were children. Since when do kiddies go on a hunger strike?


14 posted on 08/09/2014 6:46:25 AM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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today, Friday, August 8, 2014, the detainees accepted and ate lunch,”

Let them be PUNISHED for engaging in thier lil strike....

NO FOOD for a WEEK..let them “protest” THAT!! ..by demanding seconds maybe??


15 posted on 08/09/2014 6:47:45 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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Sheriff Joe knows just how to deal with these A$$H*LES!!!!


16 posted on 08/09/2014 6:48:06 AM PDT by bandleader
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They come here and expect to find the same beans and tortillas they got at home. In other words, they fully intend to make the US look more like home. One wonders why they came. (Oh, free stuff.)


17 posted on 08/09/2014 6:48:25 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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I heard that in some South American prisons the prisoner’s relatives have to provide them with food and clothing. The prison does provide a foul gruel that is disgusting.


18 posted on 08/09/2014 6:49:30 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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I think, if we were to use this to single out possible jihadis, it might not work since they are “allowed” to go outside their teachings in order to fool/trick/lie to us. Still, it might be worth a try. Otherwise, they old “you can eat it now or you can eat it in the morning” trick might come in to play.


19 posted on 08/09/2014 6:50:57 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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Relocate them to Guatemala and be done with it.


20 posted on 08/09/2014 6:52:29 AM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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