#Not1More Deportation

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Days after launching their campaign against Secure Communities, or S-Comm, Austin immigrant rights advocates are blocking the doors of the Travis County Jail where immigrants are transported for deportation. Protesters have chained themselves together in front of the exit authorities use to transfer detained undocumented immigrants to the Federal Building where they are held for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Secure Communities (S-Comm) program. Read more