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‘Lawlessness’ in Immigration Jails for 250,000 Detainees Finally Allowed to Remain in America
Immigrants imprisoned without bond and facing deportation are 2,600 times more likely to accept ‘voluntary’ departures.
PAUL MOSES
01.14.18 9:40 PM ET
“Nine years and four months,” Sylvester Owino says. That’s how long he was jailed in immigration detention, waiting for his deportation case to be resolved. He did not want to go back to Kenya, where he says he would not only be jailed but also tortured because of his political dissent.
Although his time behind bars is much longer than most immigration detainees, his plight is common. Federal records for deportation cases filed from 2000 to October 2017 show that more than a quarter-million immigrants who ultimately won the right to remain in America were jailed for at least part of the time they spent waiting for a final decision.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/lawlessness-in-immigration-jails-for-250000-detainees-finally-allowed-to-remain-in-america?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning
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