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    Congress' Costly Detention Quota

    No Way Out: Congress’ Bed Quota Traps LGBT Immigrants in Detention

    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.

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    Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s bed quota is becoming increasingly outdated, inefficient, and inhumane.

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    Infographic: Detention Means Big Money for For-Profit Prisons

    Nearly two-thirds of all immigrant detainees are held by the Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA, and the Geo Group Inc.

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    Infographic: What Could $600 Million Buy?

    The bed quota costs taxpayers $600 million each year that could go toward housing vulnerable populations.

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    Infographic: How Long Are People in Detention?

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    Infographic: Do We Need to Detain 34,000 Immigrants Every Day?

    Seventy percent of detained immigrants are subject to mandatory detention; the other 30 percent are detained to meet the quota.

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    Infographic: Congress’ Immigrant Bed Quota

    Each day, a congressional mandate requires that Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, detains 34,000 immigrants.

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