A new report released March 25, 2009, by Amnesty International, entitled "Jailed Without Justice" exposes the immigration detention system in the United States as broken and unnecessarily costly. The report indicates that over 30,000 immigrants are detained every day. This is triple the number detained just ten years ago. Immigrants can be detained for months or years without any meaningful judicial review - this despite international human rights standards requiring judicial review.
It costs about $95 per day to detain someone, while effective alternatives only cost $12 per day.
It costs about $95 per day to detain someone, while effective alternatives only cost $12 per day.
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