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Calls for Obama to FREE thousands of asylum seekers from Central America so Trump can't deport them when he becomes President

Immigration advocates are calling on Barack Obama to free around 4,000 Central American families currently detained in the US while seeking asylum. The advocates want the families to either stop being detained altogether or for them to be released with a notice to appear before a judge, Bloomberg reports. Representatives from groups such as the Women’s Refugee Commission and the American Immigration Lawyers Association met with White House officials last week to discuss the issue. The Central American women and children are currently being kept in low-security jail-like conditions in Texas and Pennsylvania.