The Obama administration's plan to stop holding immigrant families at a former central Texas prison was cheered Thursday by the immigrants' supporters and some in Congress as a needed change in inhumane and sometimes deadly detentions. Supporters of tougher immigration enforcement, however, questioned whether the administration was returning to policies that allow immigrants to disappear. And even those who liked the changes said the government needs to go further and write detention standards into law. John Morton, Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, told reporters Thursday that detentions of families at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas, which has held 400 people, would end immediately. Read More »