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Immigrants detained in Texas are on hunger strike |
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 By A.M. Costa Rica wire services
A
group of immigrant fathers, recently
reunified with their sons and detained
in Texas, have gone on a hunger strike
to demand their release, an immigrant
rights group representing them said
Thursday.
The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services said that the men informed them that they were being held at a detention center in Karnes City, Texas, with no notification from U.S. authorities on their immigration status. It was not immediately clear how many fathers have joined the hunger strike which began Wednesday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not comment on whether a hunger strike was taking place. The agency said in a statement it respected the rights of detainees to voice their opinion and would not retaliate in any way. "We are desperate, we are tired of being incarcerated and we want to be released with our sons," read a letter to the media from a detainee named "Jorge," and read out on a conference call hosted by the immigrant center. The letter said it represented 400 families. U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a hardline stance on immigration as an integral part of his presidency and has promised to keep immigrants targeted for deportation locked up "pending the outcome of their removal proceedings." Some 2,500 children were separated from their parents as part of a zero tolerance policy toward illegal immigration that began in early May. Many of them had crossed the U.S.-Mexican border illegally, while others had sought asylum. The U.S. government said last week it had reunited just over half of the families. The immigrant center said some fathers were staging sit-ins at the Karnes County Residential Center about 51 miles southeast of San Antonio and children were refusing to take part in school activities. Nearly 600 people were involved in protests, it said.
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A.M.
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Male immigrants at Karnes, and women and girl immigrants detained in Dilley, Texas, are among migrants who were reunited last week and then detained, the center added said.
Private contractor GEO
Group Inc., which runs the Karnes County
Residential Center, did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
Some fathers at the center said they were misled into agreeing to deportation as a condition of seeing their children again, the immigrant center said. Others said they had not been given the opportunity to apply for asylum. A federal judge in San Diego has placed an indefinite stay on deportations in response to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union. Male immigrants at Karnes, and women and girl immigrants detained in Dilley, Texas, are among migrants who were reunited last week and then detained, the center added said.
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Dance Festival begins Saturday |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff The festival includes three international groups and 10 national groups. In addition to shows, there will be workshops and talks about the development of modern dance in Costa Rica. "Contemporary dance is life. It is a form of language, like the verb and the written words. We learn to love it and, through the movement of the body, it allows us to express what we feel, see, live and what vibrates within us," said Sylvia Montero, director of the National Dance Company. Montero added, "this festival, in addition to the artistic exhibitions, will provide workshops with international teachers and talks, both with these teachers and with other Costa Rican participants." Today the festival offers discounted
pre-sale tickets.
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Dance Festival
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More information about
the festival, is on the website of the Ministry of Culture here.
From Sunday to Aug. 12, tickets will cost
5,000 colones with a 50 percent discount for
students with a card and citizens with gold cards.
Tickets can be bought at Melico Salazar Popular
Theater or at National Center of Culture.
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| Problems during the pilgrimage | |
By A.M. Costa Rica
staff
Any long journey is bound to involve mishaps, and the pilgrimage to the Basilica of Los Angeles is no exception. At the close of this edition, complications include lost dogs, illegal street vendors, arrests, and tons of garbage while the Red Cross reports it has aided to 2,500 people so far. According to the latest information, the Red Cross has administered first aid to 1,589 women and 910 men, most of whom suffered muscle problems. Patients ages range from 20 to 59 years old, the Red Cross said. Only a small percentage had to be transferred to local medical centers. Paramedics report seeing 912 patients at the post located at the Basilica of Los Angeles. The Cartago Municipal Police counted a total of 51 dogs that were lost or abandoned during this year's pilgrimage, a decrease from the 80 dogs abandoned last year. Rolando Rodríguez, mayor of the canton, said, “the city council has already started a program for citizens to adopt pets that were forgotten during the pilgrimage.” Interested persons can contact the municipality through social networks. The pets are in the Municipal Center of Education for Animal Care.
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Cartago
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Total of 51 dogs that were lost or abandoned during this year's pilgrimage. The police report that 10 people were arrested for assorted crimes, 35 illegal street vendors were cited, and. so far. 25 tons of garbage have been collected.
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Books in English donated for rural
schools
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By A.M. Costa Rica
staff
The The Costa
Rican-North American Cultural Center
has donated 7,221 books in English
to rural and low-income schools.
The books include those for beginners, intermediate and advanced English speakers. The center said it seeks to provide texts in English to schools of limited resources in Pococí, Ciudad Cortés, Guatuso, Talamanca, Siquirres and Sarapiquí, Aserrí, Moravia, Paraíso and Alajuelita. "We seek to support the communities, either through English courses with certain projects of social projection and in other cases, as in this, with the donation of materials to promote schools in a better teaching of English, with the purpose that more and more people have better employment opportunities," said Paul Garnier, president of the Board of Directors of the center.
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A.M. Costa Rica wire
services photo The
books include those for beginners,
intermediate
and advanced English speakers.
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| Tourists rescued from Isla Tortuga | |
By A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Sancarleña a
boat carrying at least 10 tourists from the United
States overturned in the area of Tortuga Island
Thursday. |
 Coastguard courtesy
photo
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Belgian tourists were rescued in San Carlos |
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By
A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Red Cross of San Carlos reported the rescue of five Belgian tourists and their guide who had become isolated on the edges of La Fortuna Waterfall in San Carlos. The tourists were taking pictures of the area when there was a sudden wash of water and debris down the waterfall. The water level in the area rose several meters in just a few minutes, stranding the group. When he found the group stranded, the guide immediately called 9-1-1 and rescuers, including firemen and the Red Cross, were on the scene in less than 10 minutes. Rescuers managed to bridge a gap of 300 meters and get the group to safety. The guide remained behind until all of the tourists were safe, the Red Cross said. |
Red Cross
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The
Red Cross
administered first
aid at the site but
no one had been
seriously injured
and no
hospitalizations
were reported.
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