Week of April 20, 2015
A few selections from AFSC staff members:
- Private Prison Lobbyists Pay Millions To Keep Immigrants Locked Up via International Business Times
“In 2010, the Department of Homeland Security adopted a bed quota that required Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain about 34,000 individuals on any given day. The quota certainly did not benefit immigrants – but it did prove to be extraordinarily lucrative for the private prison companies that picked up the new business.” - Millions Spent Lobbying By Private Prison Corporations To Keep A Quota Of Arrested Immigrants via ThinkProgress
“Private prison corporations spent $11 million over six years to lobby Congress to keep immigrants in detention centers, a new report released Wednesday found.” - Citizens Stand For Economic Equality With #BlackWorkMatters And The #FightFor15 via HuffPost Black Voices
“ #BlackLivesMatters is a hashtag that has taken the Internet by storm and symbolizes a movement around the validation and protection of black lives around the globe. However, while the campaign includes the fight against many issues plaguing the African American community, one particular civil rights focus took the main stage on Wednesday: #BlackWorkMatters.“
