US immig. auth. transferring 1,600 people detained for entering illegally to federal prisons

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Strapped by a surge in border detentions brought on by the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy mandating the prosecution of all people caught entering the country illegally, US immigration authorities announced Thursday that they would transfer 1,600 detainees facing civil immigration charges to federal prisons intended for convicted criminals.

Danielle Bennett, a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the transfers to Bureau of Prisons facilities was part of a plan to meet the demand for additional detention space. both medium and long term.

"The use of BOP facilities is intended to be a temporary measure until ICE can obtain additional long-term contracts for new detention facilities or until the surge in illegal border crossings subsides," Bennett said in a statement. “ICE continues to enforce immigration laws consistent with the Administration’s directives and the law. This includes ensuring sufficient detention space to hold aliens prior to removal or adjudication by an immigration judge.”

An estimated 1,000 detainees will be housed at the federal correctional institution in Victorville, California. Other prisons housing detainees will be the Federal Detention Center, SeaTac, in Washington state, where 209 detainees are to be housed, the federal prison at La Tuna, Texas, where 230 detainees will be housed, the federal prison at Sheridan, Oregon, to house 130 detainees, and the Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix, Arizona, where 102 detainees will be jailed.

A California law that recently went into effect prevents local jurisdictions from entering into a contract, renewing or modifying contracts with private companies and any federal agency to hold immigrants. The law doesn’t affect ICE entering into an agreement with the BOP, another federal agency, however.

Meanwhile, immigration advocates questioned assertions that immigration detentions are unusually high and represent a crisis at the border. The Migration Policy Institute said that while 2018 border arrests are higher than arrests in 2017, that year saw "atypically low" numbers of apprehensions as people planning to cross illegally after the 2016 election waited to see if Trump would follow through on his tough on immigration stance.

This year's numbers for March, April, and May are largely comparable to the same months in 2013, 2014, and 2016, the institute reported.

"What became dubbed the 'Trump effect' has predictably waned, however, given the deeper push-pull forces that propel illegal migration," the institute said.

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This is fast becoming police state behavior.......

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Folks,this will have world wide

repercussions. Only place where it wont is Russia,this is what Putin wants,racist divisions.