Suicide rates are high, children and
families are traumatized, and LGBT detainees are subject to alarming
rates of abuse. These centers are also very expensive. Daily operations cost $165 per
detainee, and $2 billion, annually, despite detention alternatives that
can cost as little as $9 a day. Yet even with this track record, ICE funding has nearly doubled from
the Bush administration to today, and transparency has fallen by the
wayside under the current administration, all while conditions continue
to deteriorate. Inhumane treatment of the undocumented cannot be rewarded with
repeated budget increases. It goes against our country's most
fundamental values and cannot continue. We must cut ICE's budget until
these concerns are addressed.
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