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-- emphasis should be on arresting dangerous criminals, not collateral ones to meet quotas;
-- arrests should be race, ethnicity, and English proficiency neutral;
-- agent misconduct should be assessed and properly addressed;
-- a clear public complaint procedure should be established; and
-- illegally obtained evidence should be disallowed.
Obama Administration's Immigrant Detention Policies
On August 7, Washington Post writer Spencer Hsu headlined, "Agency Plans to Improve Oversight of Immigrant Detention" in saying the Obama administration intends to "restructure the nation's much-criticized immigration detention system by strengthening federal oversight and seeking to standardize conditions in a 32,000-bed system now scattered throughout 350 local jails, state prisons and contract facilities."
Since 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) has represented, protected, and promoted "the rights of low income immigrants and their family members (and) earned a national reputation as a leading expert on immigration, public benefits, and employment laws affecting immigrants and refugees."
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