The aliens. none of them under any criminal charge and many of them held without warrants. were taken on trains and through the streets in handcuffs and chains. The prisoners were herded in vastly overcrowded quarters without sufficient clothing and food. For instance. the mayor of Detroit described as "intolerable in a civilized city" conditions in the police "bull pen.- a room 24.by 30 feet. where over a hundred men were kept for a week. Bail was often fixed at very high amounts. for instance. $10.000. although $500 is the normal sum specified in the immigration rules. The men arrested were separated for days from their wives and children. who were left without support by theGovernment. Instead they were.
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