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07-16-2007, 09:49 AM
The total number of aliens detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) annually for immigration violations jumped from approximately 95,000 to 283,000 between 2001 and 2006, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO said the rising number of detainees has led to significant overcrowding in 4 of 23 detention facilities surveyed. The study, which focused on ICE's compliance with guidelines that govern the conditions relating to telephone access, medical care, access to legal material, and others, found systematic shortcomings in the detainees' ability to place telephone calls to lawyers or their consulates at 16 detention facilities, all of which contracted with a private vendor to provide the telephone systems. The report said that ICE responded that it was unaware of the failings prior to the GAO study, leading the GAO to criticize the ICE's lack of internal controls.
For more information:
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/07/us-detaining-many-more-illegal.php
For more information:
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/07/us-detaining-many-more-illegal.php