Solidarity with jailed immigrants

HOUSTON—Not intimidated by cops on horses or Homeland Security vans or videotaping state troopers, Ray Hill, right, addresses the media during a demonstration called by the Sin Fronteras Defense Committee in front of the Houston Processing Center run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Hill, one of the longtime leaders in Houston’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) movement, has hosted “The Prison Program” on KPFT Radio for more than 27 years. He strongly criticized the ICE Detention Center, run by the Corrections Corporation of America, for making profits off immigrants.

He told those gathered, “I am honored to speak today on behalf of the Sin Fronteras defendants who did civil disobedience here on June 4 and extend my solidarity to all immigrants looking for a better life for their families.”

The next protest at the ICE Detention Center will be on Sept. 3.

—Report and photo by Gloria Rubac