Fact Check: Does ICE Have Higher Detention Standards than Prisons in US?

Fact check: Does ICE have higher detention standards than prisons in US?

Gaps in detention standards for immigrants lead to inconsistent practices and poor conditions, watchdog groups say.

‘Catastrophic’: Mass. lawyers say new ICE policy will deny immigrants due process, strain detention facilities - The Boston Globe

A July 8 internal memo directs ICE officers to detain people who entered the country without permission for the duration of their deportation proceedings.

Fact check: Does ICE have higher detention standards than prisons in US? | Migration News – Monkey Viral

Democratic members of Congress who saw Florida’s new immigration detention centre, Alligator Alcatraz, said they witnessed dozens of people in metal enclosures, bugs and mosquitos in bunk areas, indoor temperatures above 80 degrees and people screaming for help. Republicans who also toured the facility tell a different story, describing the space as safe, clean and […]

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