On AlterNet: detention centers

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Immigration: No More Secret Prisons

Julie Greene, Huffington Post. February 24, 2009.

Across the United States, tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in detention facilities that violate basic standards of humanity.

Why Is the U.S. Deporting Assets While Ignoring Threats?

Douglas Rivlin, National Immigration Forum. February 21, 2009.

It is impossible to argue that our immigration enforcement priorities make any sense.

Immigration Detention Industry Surges in Economic Crisis

Nezua, Media Consortium. February 19, 2009.

ICE's reach is growing and filling quotas has corrupted their purpose.

America's Immigration Gulags Overflowing With Mentally Ill Prisoners

Laura Tillman, The Brownsville Herald. February 19, 2009.

The number of mentally and developmentally disabled detainees in federal immigration detention centers has surged during the past year.

Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act Reintroduced; Opportunity to Fix Shameful Detention System

National Immigrant Justice CenterJune 16, 2008.

The time has come for Congress to protect the basic human rights of the 311,000 people held in the detention system every year.