The Expensive #Business Of Immigration Detention In The U.S.
The U.S. government is continuing to ramp up family detentions for undocumented immigrants crossing into the country from the southwest border. The Obama administration has made it clear that it will fast-track deportations for those with no legal basis to stay in the U.S. — and detention facilities have been their way of expediting immigration hearings. But detention is also an expensive business where the U.S. already has much cheaper — and, immigration advocates say, more humane — alternatives.
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