Alison Parker summarizes the findings from a new Human Rights Watch report, Locked Up Far Away. The report focuses on ways to improve the US immigration and deportation system:
One factor that creates inefficiencies in the immigration system is US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's increasing practice of transferring immigration detainees to detention centers far away from their communities. Once they are transferred, they are often so far from their lawyers, evidence, and witnesses that their ability to defend themselves is severely curtailed, and court proceedings are often delayed.
Deportation Nation features an extensive infographic on Secure Communities, a federal program that shares data between local jails, the FBI, and ICE:
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