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Detained immigrants launch hunger strike in Washington state
Reuters ^
| Apr 11, 2017
| Tom James
Posted on 04/11/2017 7:08:14 PM PDT by mdittmar
Hundreds of detainees at an immigration holding center in Washington state began refusing meals in a hunger strike to protest conditions at the facility and delayed immigration hearings, activists said on Tuesday.
A group of about 100 detainees at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, refused their lunches on Monday, with 300 others joining the protest that night and the following morning, according to Maru Mora Villalpando, an activist in touch with the detainees.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: aliens; tacoma
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That's a shame.
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:08:14 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Get them out of my country.
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:09:09 PM PDT
by
Williams
(Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
To: mdittmar
Gee not real appreciative of their new hosts are they. Send them back. Or just let them starve.
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:09:48 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: mdittmar
Can use the meal cost savings to transport them out of the USA...
To: mdittmar
🍰🍦🌮🌯. Guess we'll save on some food stamps huh? Awesome!
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:10:26 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: mdittmar
Good...Costs less to detain them then...
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:10:45 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: mdittmar
They’ll feel like they’re home...
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:12:05 PM PDT
by
freedomjusticeruleoflaw
(Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
To: mdittmar
Good, most of the illegal aliens I see around here could stand to lose a few pounds.....
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:12:28 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: mdittmar
Cost savings on food then.
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:12:45 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: mdittmar
The food ought to be given to homeless US citizens who would appreciate it. These ugly UN-Americans don’t deserve any sympathy. They’ve cheated the US taxpayers out of enough already.
To: mdittmar
Please. Don’t eat.
We support you.
To: mdittmar
The solution is simple, keep giving (not offering) them quality food, if they refuse to consume it, that is their own choice. If they starve to death, then it should be handled as inmate suicide. IMHO anyways. Its called simple logic.
To: mdittmar
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:17:27 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: mdittmar
Those poor people should not have to put up with bad conditions. Deport them quickly, so they can buy and cook their own food, in their own homes, in their own countries.
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:19:55 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: mdittmar
I fail to see the problem.
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:22:21 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. CONSTITUTUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
To: mdittmar
If they all lose a few pounds, then ICE will be able to put a few more on the planes.
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:28:43 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
To: mdittmar
Gee I hope i’m able to sleep tonight..............
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:30:34 PM PDT
by
heshtesh
((New Yorker for Cruz))
To: mdittmar
Is there any way we can speed up the end result of this “hunger strike”?
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:30:47 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
To: mdittmar
Fine, fast track deportations then.
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:31:50 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: mdittmar
Hopefully it will save the U.S. taxpayers a little money that is being wasted on their illegal asses.
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posted on
04/11/2017 7:33:01 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Hey Snowflakes! You can't impeach the President of the United States because he makes you feel sad.)
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