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Advocates Question Durham Teen's Treatment In Detention Facility

photo of Wildin Acosta
Courtesy of the Acosta family

Earlier this year, as he was leaving his home in Durham.

Acosta has been held in a detention facility for nearly five months while he waits for an immigration hearing. The Corrections Corporation of America says he was recently held in "restrictive housing" for nine days for three alleged citations. CCA says the disciplinary action follows ICE detention standards.

for the high-profile nature of his case. on the House floor. And Monday, the about the time an immigrant may be held in detention facilities.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Acosta's attorney, , about the latest in his case. He continues the conversation with WRAL reporter and immigration attorney .

Read the open letter to Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson .

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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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