The T. Don Hutto Residential Center will no longer be a detainment center for families awaiting judgments on their immigration cases, the Obama administration announced this morning. more ›

Clark Lyda and Jesse Lyda are first-time filmmakers based out of Austin and New York City. The documentary they produced and directed about the T. Don Hutto family detention center in Taylor, The Least of These, is having its world premiere Monday as part of the SxSW Film Festival. more ›

The T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center in Taylor, TX, which is not too far from our fair city, opened in May of 2006, and houses a significant number of immigrant families who seek asylum in our country. When it first opened, only an hour a day was spent on education for the children; families were required to eat meals in a fifteen minute time frame, children were allowed less than 20 minutes a day outside, and all detainees were counted three times a day.The Least of These, a documentary that will see it's World Premier as part of the Lone Star States screenings at SXSW, is the story of these families and the advocates that struggle to win basic human rights for them in the looming shadow of the Department of Homeland Security. more ›