The San Antonio Express News reports that protesters outside an ICE office called for the closure of the T. Don Hutto family detention center:

“Just like he promised to close Guantánamo Bay, we want him to close down Hutto with detained little children,” said Luissana Santibáñez with the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition, referring to the ICE family detention center northeast of Austin.

Corrections Corporation of America owns and operates the former medium security prison as part of a contract with ICE and Williamson County, which recently renewed the agreement. Wednesday’s protest is part of an ongoing campaign by Grassroots Leadership to end immigrant family detention that will span 100 days – the first 100 days of President Obama’s term.

The White House website’s Immigration page reads, “broken immigration system can only be fixed by putting politics aside and offering a complete solution that secures our border, enforces our laws, and reaffirms our heritage as a nation of immigrants,” but makes no direct reference to immigrants in detention.