Posts Tagged ‘detention reform’
Welcoming detention reform, waiting for immigration reform
Posted: October 8, 2009 at 3:49 pm By adminOriginally posted on ImmPolitic blog, by Maurice Belanger. VIDEO: Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO)’s floor speech on the ICE Immigration Detention Overview and Recommendations Report released yesterday. Earlier this year, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano ordered a review of the immigration detention system overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In August, ICE announced that it was undertaking [...]
U.S. to Reform Policy on Detention for Immigrants
Posted: August 6, 2009 at 10:06 am By adminLast week, many of you signed the petition to the Department of Homeland Security, telling them that enough was enough and it was time to get serious about humane reform of our immigration policies. Well, today the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to reform the immigrant detention system. Nina Bernsein at the New York [...]
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