Data obtained by CAP through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that Immigration and Customs Enforcement elected to detain 68 percent of LGBT immigrants who were eligible for release in fiscal year 2014.
By Sharita Gruberg
May 14, 2015
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s bed quota is becoming increasingly outdated, inefficient, and inhumane.
By Sharita Gruberg
May 9, 2014
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Nearly two-thirds of all immigrant detainees are held by the Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA, and the Geo Group Inc.
By Sharita Gruberg
May 9, 2014
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The bed quota costs taxpayers $600 million each year that could go toward housing vulnerable populations.
By Sharita Gruberg
May 9, 2014
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Immigrants that are fighting their deportation cases are detained the longest.
By Sharita Gruberg
May 9, 2014
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Seventy percent of detained immigrants are subject to mandatory detention; the other 30 percent are detained to meet the quota.
By Sharita Gruberg
May 9, 2014
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Each day, a congressional mandate requires that Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, detains 34,000 immigrants.
By Sharita Gruberg
May 9, 2014
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