U.S. to Reform Policy on Detention for Immigrants
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/us/politics/06detain.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
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The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violators, trying to transform it from a patchwork of jail and prison cells to what its new chief called a “truly civil detention system.”
Thousands of immigrants stay months in our detention facilities, costing tax-payers millions of dollars, and making private detention contractors billionaires.
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Thousands of immigrants stay months in our detention facilities, costing tax-payers millions of dollars, and making private detention contractors billionaires.
What do we do?
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