July 27th, 7:00 PM, Georgetown Public Library, Hewlett Room, 402 West 8th, Georgetown
Please join us at a screening of The Least of These, a remarkable new documentary on immigration that premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival this March in Austin, Texas. By telling the poignant and powerful stories of imprisoned immigrants and their American advocates, it draws attention to one of the most controversial aspects of U.S. immigration policy: family detention. The Least of These provides an in-depth portrait of the controversial T. Don Hutto Residential Center-a former medium-security prison in Taylor, TX that houses immigrant children and their parents as they await asylum hearings or deportation proceedings.
The film screening will be followed by a question and answer session and discussion with Grassroots Leadership’s Bob Libal.
Watch this extraordinary documentary online about efforts to improve conditions for families at T. Don Hutto.
To whom it may concern, I would like to have a contact person on this film in which I live in San Antonio, Texas, and we have an active group that is doing demonstrations for immigrant rights such as the area of target which is the Department of Homeland Security. The Texas Indigenous Council is having a Freedom Walk and Protest on August 22, 2009, in Taylor, Texas. For more information, please contact Antonio Diaz at texasindigenouscouncil@yahoo.com or please visit his website at http://www.indigenousway.blogspot.com June 20, 2009, was a great demonstration at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center. Check out the article I came out exposing Lulac accepting funds from Corrections Corporation of America at http://www.sacurrent.com/blog/queblog.asp?perm=69769 Peace be with you, Pedro Ruiz