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The United States government holds tens of thousands of immigrants in detention under the control of Customs and Border Protection (CBP; principally the Border Patrol) and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).^[1]

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Adam Smith (Washington politician)

David Adam Smith (born June 15, 1965) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the U.S. representative for.

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Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Aguadilla, founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city and municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela.

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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit human rights organization founded in 1920.

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American Immigration Lawyers Association

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), founded on October 14, 1946, is a voluntary bar association of over 15,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.

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Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA),, was introduced to the United States Congress in April 1995 as a Senate Bill.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Asylum in the United States

The United States recognizes the right of asylum for individuals seeking protections from persecution, as specified by international and federal law.

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Aurora, Colorado

Aurora is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, Colorado, United States.

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Bail

Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a suspect to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process.

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Batavia, New York

Batavia is a city in and the county seat of Genesee County, New York, United States.

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Bayley Seton Hospital

Bayley Seton Hospital (BSH) was a hospital in Stapleton, Staten Island, New York City.

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Belize

Belize (Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Biometrics

Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics and features.

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Bob Goodlatte

Robert William Goodlatte (born September 22, 1952) is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist who served in the United States House of Representatives representing for 13 terms.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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California State Senate

The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the lower house being the California State Assembly.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Castle Clinton

Castle Clinton (also known as Fort Clinton and Castle Garden) is a restored circular sandstone fort within Battery Park at the southern end of Manhattan in New York City.

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Clint Border Patrol Station

Clint Station is a United States Border Patrol station and migrant detention facility located four miles north of the US–Mexico Border in Clint, Texas. Immigration detention in the United States and Clint Border Patrol Station are immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Columbia Law Review

The Columbia Law Review is a law review edited and published by students at Columbia Law School.

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Compulsory sterilization

Compulsory sterilization, also known as forced or coerced sterilization, refers to any government-mandated program to involuntarily sterilize a specific group of people.

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Concentration camp

A concentration camp is a form of internment camp for confining political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or minority ethnic groups, on the grounds of state security, or for exploitation or punishment.

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Constitution of the United States

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Detainer

Detainer (from detain, Latin detinere); originally in British law, the act of keeping a person against his will, or the wrongful keeping of a person's goods, or other real or personal property.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

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Due process

Due process of law is application by the state of all legal rules and principles pertaining to a case so all legal rights that are owed to a person are respected.

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Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.

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El Centro, California

El Centro (Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States.

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El Paso, Texas

El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.

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Elizabeth, New Jersey

Elizabeth is a city in and the county seat of Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Ellis Island

Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York.

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Endeavors (non-profit)

Endeavors, formerly known as Family Endeavors, is a non-profit organization that provides programs and services towards community, disaster relief, employment, housing, mental health, and veteran family services in the United States.

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Executive Office for Immigration Review

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is a sub-agency of the United States Department of Justice whose chief function is to conduct removal proceedings in immigration courts and adjudicate appeals arising from the proceedings.

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Executive order

In the United States, an executive order is a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government.

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Family immigration detention in the United States

Family detention is the detention of multiple family members together in an immigration detention context. Immigration detention in the United States and family immigration detention in the United States are immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States.

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Fingerprint

A fingerprint is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger.

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Fiscal year

A fiscal year (also known as a financial year, or sometimes budget year) is used in government accounting, which varies between countries, and for budget purposes.

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Florence, Arizona

Florence (O'odham: S-auppag) is a town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker BushAfter the 1990s, he became more commonly known as George H. W. Bush, "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush the Elder" to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd U.S. president from 2001 to 2009; previously, he was usually referred to simply as George Bush.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Guantánamo

Guantánamo is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province.

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Haiti

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.

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History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in the United States

During the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, the United States had limited regulation of immigration and naturalization at a national level.

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Honduras

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Human Rights First

Human Rights First (formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights) is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3), international human rights organization based in New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Its work centers on four main issue areas: authoritarianism, extremism, systemic injustice and the abuse of technology.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Illegal entry

Illegal entry is the act of foreign nationals arriving in or crossing the borders into a country in violation of its immigration law.

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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA or IIRAIRA) made major changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Immigration detention in the United States and Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 are illegal immigration to the United States.

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Illegal immigration to the United States

Foreign nationals, known as aliens, violate US immigration laws by entering the United States unlawfully, or by lawfully entering but then remaining after the expiration of their visas, parole or temporary protected status.

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Immigrant health care in the United States

Immigrant health care in the United States refers to the collective systems in the United States that deliver health care services to immigrants.

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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, is a landmark federal law passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Immigration and Nationality Act Section 287(g)

Section 287(g) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deputize selected state and local law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law. Immigration detention in the United States and immigration and Nationality Act Section 287(g) are illegal immigration to the United States.

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Immigration detention

Immigration detention is the policy of holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorized arrival, as well as those subject to deportation and removal until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of departure.

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Immigration detention in Australia

The Australian government has a policy and practice of detaining in immigration detention facilities non-citizens not holding a valid visa, suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised arrival, and those subject to deportation and removal in immigration detention until a decision is made by the immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of origin/passport.

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Irwin County Detention Center

The Irwin County Detention Center is a private prison operated by Louisiana-based LaSalle Corrections located in Irwin County, Georgia. Immigration detention in the United States and Irwin County Detention Center are immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States.

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Janet Napolitano

Janet Ann Napolitano (born November 29, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator.

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Jay Carney

Jay Carney (born May 22, 1965) is an American public relations officer, political advisor, and journalist who served as the United States' White House Press Secretary from 2011 to 2014, and Amazon's Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs from 2015 to 2022.

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Jeh Johnson

Jeh Charles Johnson ("Jay"; born September 11, 1957) is an American lawyer and former government official.

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Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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Laredo, Texas

Laredo is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and seat of Webb County, on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

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Latino USA

Latino USA is a nationally syndicated public radio program and podcast produced by The Futuro Media Group and distributed nationwide by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), after 27 years of being distributed by NPR.

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List of immigrant detention sites in the United States

This is a list of detention facilities holding illegal immigrants in the United States. Immigration detention in the United States and list of immigrant detention sites in the United States are deportation from the United States and immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Los Fresnos, Texas

Los Fresnos is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States.

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Lumpkin, Georgia

Lumpkin is a city and county seat of Stewart County, Georgia, United States.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Mental health and immigration detention

Mental health consequences of immigration detention include higher rates of depression, anxiety, PTSD, schizophrenia conduct issues, hyperactivity, compared to the general population.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Miami

Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.

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Ministry of justice

A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice.

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Moral turpitude

Moral turpitude is a legal concept in the United States, and until 1976 in Canada, that refers to "an act or behavior that gravely violates the sentiment or accepted standard of the community".

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National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.

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New York City Bar Association

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, commonly referred to as the New York City Bar Association (City Bar), founded in 1870, is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Office of Refugee Resettlement

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is a program of the Administration for Children and Families, an office within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, created with the passing of the United States Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212).

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Penn State Law

Penn State Law, located in University Park, Pennsylvania, is one of two separately accredited law schools of the Pennsylvania State University.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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Presidency of Barack Obama

Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017.

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Pro bono

Pro bono publico ('for the public good'), usually shortened to pro bono, is a Latin phrase for professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment.

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Profit maximization

In economics, profit maximization is the short run or long run process by which a firm may determine the price, input and output levels that will lead to the highest possible total profit (or just profit in short).

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Raúl Grijalva

Raúl Manuel Grijalva (born February 19, 1948) is an American politician and activist who serves as the United States representative for from 2023 to the present and from 2003 to 2023.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island (pronounced "road") is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Ricardo Lara

Ricardo Lara (born November 5, 1974) is an American politician who is currently serving as the 8th Insurance Commissioner of California.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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San Diego

San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.

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San Pedro, Los Angeles

San Pedro (Spanish: "St. Peter") is a neighborhood located within the South Bay and Harbor region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Santa Ana, California

Santa Ana (Spanish for) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, California, United States.

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Secure Communities

Secure Communities is a data-sharing program that relies on coordination between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Immigration detention in the United States and Secure Communities are illegal immigration to the United States.

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Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Sixth Amendment (Amendment VI) to the United States Constitution sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions.

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Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single cell with little or no contact with other people.

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Southern Poverty Law Center

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation.

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Staten Island

Staten Island is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York.

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Stewart Detention Center

Stewart Detention Center is a private prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, primarily used for housing immigrant detainees. Immigration detention in the United States and Stewart Detention Center are immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States.

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SWAT

In the United States, a SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team is a generic term for a police tactical unit.

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Syracuse University

Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States.

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Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.

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Ted Deutch

Theodore Eliot Deutch (born May 7, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2010 to 2022.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The Legal Aid Society

The Legal Aid Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit legal aid provider based in New York City.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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The Washington Times

The Washington Times is an American conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on national politics.

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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a nonprofit and nonpartisan data gathering, data research, and data distribution organization in the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean region of North America.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Unaccompanied Alien Children

Unaccompanied Alien Children (or UAC, also referred to as unaccompanied alien minors or UAMs) is a United States government classification for children in immigration custody and the name of a program operated by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR; a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, HHS) to house and care for them.

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Border Patrol

The United States Border Patrol (USBP) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and is responsible for securing the borders of the United States.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.

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United States Secretary of Homeland Security

The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States.

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Ursula (detention center)

Ursula is the colloquial name for the Central Processing Center, the largest U.S. Customs and Border Protection detention center for undocumented immigrants. Immigration detention in the United States and Ursula (detention center) are immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.

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White House Press Secretary

The White House press secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States federal government, especially with regard to the president, senior aides and executives, as well as government policies.

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Whitehouse.gov

whitehouse.gov (also simply known as wh.gov) is the official website of the White House and is managed by the Office of Digital Strategy.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Youth detention center

In criminal justice systems, a youth detention center, known as a juvenile detention center (JDC),Stahl, Dean, Karen Kerchelich, and Ralph De Sola.

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Zoe Lofgren

Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren (born December 21, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a U.S. representative from California.

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2013 United States budget sequestration

As a result of the Budget Control Act of 2011, a set of automatic spending cuts to United States federal government spending in particular of outlays were initially set to begin on January 1, 2013.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_detention_in_the_United_States

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Immigration detention in the United States, the Glossary

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Deportation from the United States

Immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States

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