Advocates Seek to Combat Detention Bed Quota During Upcoming Congressional Appropriations Debate
New York—(ENEWSPF)—January 31, 2014. Detention Watch Network and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) yesterday filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuitseeking immediate release of documents that the United States government has refused to provide regarding the detention bed quota, which ICE has interpreted to require detaining 34,000 non-citizens per day. Advocates say this lockup quota which mandates payments to private prison…
