Immigrants Face Lengthy Detention With Few Rights
By MICHELLE ROBERTS
The Associated Press
Published: March 16, 2009
SAN ANTONIO, Texas: America’s detention system for immigrants has mushroomed in the last decade, a costly building boom that was supposed to sweep up criminals and ensure that undocumented immigrants were quickly shown the door.
Instead, an Associated Press computer analysis of every person being held on a recent Sunday night shows that most did not have a criminal record and many were not about to leave the country — voluntarily or via deportation.
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