US system of deportation inhumane – Immigrant rights under threat by poor detention and deportation procedures From: therealnews.com
Tagged: deportation, detention, detention center, family, immigrant rights, RSSPosted on: May 29th, 2008
Each day, over 30,000 people are housed within detention centers across the United States. The New York-based Detention Watch Network says that last year, over 276,000 immigrants were deported.
Deportations have increased significantly since 1996, when laws became much more punitive. A criminal charge results in jail time and guarantees deportation of non-citizen immigrants, regardless of legal status and family “*
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