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IMMIGRATION MATTERS -- Fortress America Is Not the Solution
Virtually unnoticed in the immigration debate is the proposed expansion of the current immigrant detention system that is already rife with abuse, writes New America Media contributor Andrea Black, coordinator for the Detention Watch Network, a national coalition working to reform the U.S. immigration detention system. She was the executive director of the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Arizona.
WASHINGTON, D.C.--As a lawyer who worked for eight years with thousands of immigrants detained in the Arizona desert, I have seen the devastating, and ultimately ineffective, results of our repeatedly enhanced enforcement-only immigration laws.
The Arizona facilities are part of a network of over 200 detention centers located in communities across the country for detainees going through deportation proceedings. These facilities are largely hidden from public view. In the name of national security, the U.S. government pays billions to house a ballooning population of immigrants.
Next week, the Senate is likely to pass legislation creating monumental changes in immigration policy. This new legislation would go a huge step further and turn what has been a nightmare for some into a gulag for many. Among these changes, illegal presence would be deemed a felony, and so would acts of helping undocumented immigrants.
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The Arizona facilities are part of a network of over 200 detention centers located in communities across the country for detainees going through deportation proceedings. These facilities are largely hidden from public view. In the name of national security, the U.S. government pays billions to house a ballooning population of immigrants.
Next week, the Senate is likely to pass legislation creating monumental changes in immigration policy. This new legislation would go a huge step further and turn what has been a nightmare for some into a gulag for many. Among these changes, illegal presence would be deemed a felony, and so would acts of helping undocumented immigrants.
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http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=6c02dd877f6c01cdbadad380c4e9e2e3
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