U.S. report calls for release of immigrant children from detention

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Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stinging report released on Thursday called on the Obama administration to reverse course and stop detentions of women and children who entered the United States illegally but might qualify for asylum.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said it found evidence that the federal government "was interfering with the

constitutional rights afforded to detained immigrants," including their access to legal representation.

The commission, created in 1957, describes itself as an independent, bipartisan federal agency that helps develop civil rights policy and enhance enforcement of civil rights laws.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/u-report-calls-release-immigrant-children-detention-010423331.html

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1. O'Malley beat them to it. Martin O'Malley Criticizes 'Detention Camps' For Immigrant Families.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley criticized the Obama administration -- albeit not by name -- on Friday for continuing to detain undocumented women and children.

"We should not be in the business of building barbed wire detention camps. Detentions are cruel, costly & against our values-esp for families," O'Malley, who is weighing a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, tweeted.

O'Malley also tweeted the link to a New York Times editorial published Friday calling for an end to the "immoral" practice of detaining families in deportation proceedings. "Let's lead with our principles & end them," he added in a second tweet.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/15/martin-omalley-family-immigration_n_7294084.html

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4. It's the mindset. They entered illegally so they're criminals, so they need to go to jail....

They did the same thing to the Irish.

Oh wait. No they didn't.

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3. But how can we maintain a majority white population if we let in brown people?