Aug 18, 2009
Yet another reason many advocates are outraged with the current immigration enforcement system.
Today, the New York Times reports that one in every ten immigration detainee deaths goes unreported on the ICE "death roster," with the grisly death total now at 104 - a significant increase from the 90 that...
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In a further indication of problems in the tracking system used for the nation's immigration detainees, the Corrections Corporation of America said Tuesday that it had immediately and properly notified the federal government about the deaths of two detainees at its facility in Eloy, Ariz.
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Immigrants facing deportation say they must cope with poor living conditions and substandard medical care. The Obama administration has been reluctant to set standards.
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Aug 14, 2009
Federal officials say guards from the private company that runs the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma used pepper spray to control immigrant detainees who were refusing to follow orders.
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Aug 12, 2009
Last week the Obama administration announced reforms to an immigration detention system increasingly tainted by allegations of abuse. It is estimated that 300,000 non-citizens are held in detention each year, and that number continues to rise. As more immigrants enter the system, the government has been flooded with stories...
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Detained immigrant children and their families were expected to be out of a former Central Texas prison in the next few months, the Department of Homeland Security's special adviser on detention said Wednesday.
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Aug 10, 2009
As federal officials begin an overhaul of the widely criticized system used to incarcerate immigrants awaiting hearings and deportation, their challenge includes a deep inconsistency in the amount paid to a hastily assembled network of private prisons and local jails that hold thousands of such detainees.
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Aug 7, 2009
The nation's detention system for illegal immigrants will be overhauled in an effort to improve medical care, increase accountability and reduce costs, federal officials announced Thursday.
The current system, a patchwork of about 350 privately run detention centers and county jails that lease space to the government, has come under...
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Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced changes to detention policies that have been in place since 2006. According to the New York Times:
"Details are sketchy, and even the first steps will take months or years to complete. They include reviewing the federal government's contracts with more than 350...
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It is hard not to be encouraged by the changes that Mr. Morton outlined this week. They could be the first steps in a long journey away from insanity. We will never finally get there, of course, without a wholly reformed immigration system — one that has enough visas...
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