June 20 — National leaders from LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) and Amnesty International will join people from all over Texas for a march and vigil at T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, Texas.

The vigil will begin with a 1 pm walk from Heritage Park at 4th Street and Main in Taylor. A caravan will leave Austin to go to Taylor at 11:30 am, leaving from PODER at 2604 E. Cesar Chavez.

Participants will then gather for a vigil at 2 pm at the T. Don Hutto detention center at 1001 Welch; there will be speakers, music and other activities to honor the refugee families inside and around the world. Those who don’t want to march are invited to come straight to the detention center on the outskirts of Taylor at 2 p.m.

Since Hutto, a former medium-security prison, re-opened as a family detention center in 2006, immigrant children and their families from over 40 countries have been detained at the facility. Many are refugees from Central America, Africa, or Iraq fleeing religious or political persecution. We need Austinites to step up and show their concern along with those who are coming from so much further away.

Check out TDonHutto.blogspot.com for more information.
Or call Bob Libal of Grassroots Leadership at (512) 971-0487
or Diana Claitor of Texas Jail Project at (512) 597-8746.