That is the situation in which the 1.800 detainees in Atlanta find themselves today. along with some 600 in Oakdale. LA. some 75 in Minnesota. and hundreds of others around the country. These men and women are not serving criminal sentences. but they are detained solely because their immigration parole has been revoked. Some have committed crimes. however. many of those who were convicted have completed their sentences. yet remain imprisoned. In many instances. violators received probation or light sentences. Some detainees were only charged with minor crimes or even such minor transgressions as halfway house violations. Yet. in most instances. immigration authorities revoked the parole and are indefinitely detaining these people without trial or sentence. In the words of one appellate court judge who heard the recently concluded litigation of this matter. "the Government can keep them in the Atlanta pen until they die." Last year. the Subcommittee on Courts. Civil Liberties. and the Administration of Justice issued a report on the situation there.
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