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About 500 detainees launch hunger strike at Folkston ICE facility
Original: Approximately 500 participate in hunger strike at Folkston immigration detention center
Roughly 500 people being held at the Folkston immigration detention center in Georgia have begun a hunger strike, according to local reporting from the Atlanta Community Press Collective and The Current. The protest is the latest sign of unrest and resistance inside US immigration detention facilities, where detainees have increasingly used hunger strikes to demand better conditions and action on their cases.
Why now: The scale of the protest at one of the country's large immigration detention centers is drawing attention amid ongoing national debate over immigration enforcement.
Folkston immigration detention centerAtlanta Community Press CollectiveThe CurrentGeorgia
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- Approximately 500 participate in hunger strike at Folkston immigration detention center · Atlanta Community Press Collective
- Approximately 500 participate in hunger strike at Folkston immigration detention center · thecurrentga.org
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