Decisions on eligibility for participation are made on casebycase determination by DHS with no judicial review. The various options for secure alternatives include placement with sponsor. group home or supervised environment with adequate security. There is a need for secure alternative programs because my good friends over here are criminalizing the elderly. the sick. children. and others who are now undocumented in the country. The annual population of aliens in DHS custody is more than 200.000. We will add another 11 million. The gap between the number of noncitizens in immigration proceedings on a given day and the number of detention beds available to the DHS continues to grow. This is a simple. straightforward amendment that would allow alternative sites to be established with criteria given by the Secretary of Homeland Security so that you can. in essence. provide secure alternatives for the elderly. the sick. the infirm. and children. When you make criminals out of 11 million undocumented who are here in the United States. by their very presence are made criminals. then I would assure you that this particular secure alternative program is needed. I would ask my colleagues to support this amendment.
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Generalizing that all undocumented immigrants are being criminalized.