Sentences with phrase «for immigration detention facilities»
release human rights based inspection standards for immigration detention facilities in conjunction with the Commonwealth Ombudsman and Attorney - General's Department
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Democratic lawmakers are backing bills that would block the use of state and local facilities for enforcing federal immigration policies and limit the detention of individuals based on immigration - related issues.
However, Schwarz said, Congress has funded a minimum of 34,000 beds a day for immigration detention, and 62 percent are in facilities run by private contractors.
Bill de Blasio and a host of other New York elected officials gathered in Manhattan last Thursday to protest the GEO Group, which runs the Queens Detention Facility, at 182 - 22 150th Ave., that is used for suspects who are arrested for immigration issues and awaiting trial.
The island, a California Historical Landmark, [1] has been used for a variety of purposes, including military forts, a US Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a US Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility.
The bill, however, also allocated some $ 3.1 billion to fund 40,520 immigration beds across detention facilities for FY 2018.