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Undocumented immigrants are often held behind bars for weeks before their cases go before a judge. Detainees are experiencing depression, anxiety and uncertainty about the fate of family members, advocates said at a press conference last week.
“There have been suicides,” said Sister JoAnn Persch, a nun with the Catholic Campaign for Immigrant Justice who regularly prays with immigrant families outside a federal immigration detention center at Broadview, Ill., near Chicago.”*
*From: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com
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