The Tragic Costs of Immigration Detention
The Department of Homeland Security assumes that mass detention is the key to immigration enforcement. But in fact, our detention system locks up thousands of immigrants unnecessarily every year, exposing detainees to brutal and inhumane conditions o...
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Lost in Immigration Detention
Last year the Department of Homeland Security detained and deported more than 400,000 immigrants — the highest number to date. Today, PBS Frontline takes a penetrating look at the Obama administration’s vastly expanded immigrat...
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Lost in Detention
Last year the Department of Homeland Security detained and deported more than 400,000 undocumented immigrants — the highest number to date. Tomorrow, Frontline takes a penetrating look at the Obama administration’s vastly expanded ...
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A Step in the Right Direction: Death In Custody Reporting Act to be Voted on in the House
Sandra M. Kenley died in an immigration detention facility after spending seven weeks asking for blood pressure medicine she never received. Young Sook Kim, a Korean woman being held in an immigration detention facility, pleaded for medical care fo...
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