A Research Project On Immigration Detention Centers

For my research topic, I will be exploring the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and post-9/11 border militarization on the issues of criminalization of immigration and the inequality and structural violence immigrants face in detention centers specifically at the U.S.-Mexico Border. National awareness on issues such as oversight of detention centers, conditions within detention centers, as well as the inhumane practices detained immigrants are subjected to have risen within the last decade. Immigration detention has become the fastest growing form of incarceration in the United States, and immigrants are the fastest growing population in federal prisons (Lopez & Light, 2009). Nearly 30,000 immigrants are detained

In the fiscal year of 2014, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stated that they conducted approximately 315,943 removals of individuals (ICE, 2014). This number includes undocumented immigrants, permanent residents, children, asylum seekers, and victims of human trafficking. The United States holds on average 380,000 to 442,000 persons in immigrant detention facilities per year (CIVIC, 2015). Immigrant Detention Centers hold individuals with migrant status who are in waiting of their removal proceeding decision made by the Department of Justice. Detention facilities ideally should model a civil system yet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE have transformed

There is an assessed 11 million illegal aliens that are living United States, and this population is projected to upturn by 500,000 yearly. Once a year, about 1 million people that are considered to be aliens are detained when they make the attempt to come in the United States unlawfully. Even though most of these foreigners arrive the United States for financial chances and family reunification, or they are avoiding civil trouble and political unrest, some are offenders, and some could possibly be terrorists. Every one of them is disrupting the United States' immigration laws. With that said, this paper will involve the case study of immigration enforcement and the circumstances around the issue.

Immigration Programs Director Cristina Parker has plenty to say about the for profit prison industry making profits off the back of immigrants. She notes that the private prison industry is making their profits off the suffering of mothers and their children. Certainly, this is a disheartening and discouraging way to make profits. Several politicians are also dishearten, and would like to close up the detention

In 2018, public attitudes towards immigrants in the United States have grown increasingly negative, or rather, citizens have begun to voice their displeasure. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s website attributes over 140,000 arrests this year alone to ICE efforts. Additionally, ICE’s statistics page states that 112,293 detainers were issued since in the time period of the fiscal year of the new [ERO] administration versus that of 62,192 detainers from the previous fiscal year, an 81 percent increase. “A recent Associated Press [AP] investigation has determined one of the causes for a sharp increase in private prisons is the rise in the number of people locked up on immigration charges… The federal government uses contractors to keep nearly half of the 400,000 people being held on immigration

This Journal is useful to my assignment because this article explain that detention is an essential step on the way to “meaningful immigration reform.” Furthermore, the author also explain about the arbitrary number of people who are detain every day without respect to their propensity for risk of violence which is morally questionable. So, with this information I will be able to understand a little more of the costs that cause the detention of immigrants to the United States, and also how detention has Become the primary Means of immigration law enforcement, Regardless of security threat or risk of

According to the Washington Post, Nicole Kushner Meyer, the sister of Jared Kushner, an advisor to the White House told the Chinese investors that they can get EB-5 U.S. visas by investing $500,000. Read more.

The United States has a diverse population richly mixed with many ethnicities. This country was founded on migrants and has been a beacon of hope and possible prosperity for hundreds of years. Living in impoverished conditions with no civil rights, and subject to deplorable conditions, many see the United States as a way out of a miserable existence. Willing to face almost certain danger, hundreds of migrants attempt to enter into the U.S. illegally from the U.S. Mexico border daily. While many risks are assumed for those crossing, women face a specific form of abuse that is all but ignored. Rape of migrant women of color is used to control, oppress and dehumanize and the proposed U.S. Mexico border wall will further

Despite the multiple laws and policies that were implemented in the United States, there is still a problem with illegal aliens or immigrants. The U.S. government has spent millions of dollars to secure our southern border but, with that being said, the government has charged the Department of Homeland Security to create and implement new and innovative ways to justify and solidify those polices. In this case study, there will be a focus and analytical approach to three of the main issues which continue to surface on immigration enforcement. These issues are: who is an illegal alien; who can detain illegal aliens; and when can they be deported?

Waters claims that immigrants who are arrested do not have the same criminal protection compared to citizens of the United States of America (34). The Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) may hold arrested undocumented immigrants, making them ineligible for bond (Waters 34). Immigrants are often arrested without committing a crime simply because the United States of America’s government makes false accusations (Waters 34). ICE has a daily mandated quota of 34,000 beds (Waters 34). The law requires ICE to detain 34,000 immigrants, 365 days of the year (Waters 34). The federal government pays local jails and detention facilities a fee for every person that is detained (Waters 34). Waters is not the only author to be convinced that the United States of America is in a predicament with immigrants. The Periodical entitled “The Child and Family Migration Surge of Summer 2014: A Short-Lived Crisis with a Lasting Impact by Muzzaffar Chishti and Faye Hipsman discusses the negative lasting effects immigration has on families (95). Muzzaffar Chishti works as a director at the New York office of the Migration Policy Institute (95). Faye Hipsman works at the Migration Policy institute as an associate policy analyst (95). Chishti and Hipsman claim that in 2014 the United States of America encountered a surge in child and family migration

Increased victimization of trafficked people is also apparent in the treatment of victims by the border patrol and ICE. In a letter to the U.S. Department

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