"Immigration detention is the policy of holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorized arrival, as well as those subject to deportation and removal until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of departure."
Immigrant detention policies govern the detention of immigrants who are awaiting deportation or removal from a country.
Detention Centers: The different types of detention centers, their history, and their purpose in the immigration detention system.
Immigration Detention Facilities: Overview of immigration detention facilities, their management, and the rights of detainees.
Immigration Law and Policy: Overview of immigration law, immigration policy, and how they impact immigrant detention policies.
Immigration Enforcement: Discussion of the different enforcement mechanisms used to detain immigrants in the United States.
Civil and Human Rights: Overview of the implications of immigrant detention policies on human rights and civil rights.
Private Prison Industry: Overview of the relationship between private prisons and immigrant detention policies.
Detention Conditions: Overview of the living conditions of detainees in detention centers, including nutrition, medical care, and access to legal services.
Detainee Rights: Overview of the human and civil rights of detainees, including rights to due process, medical care, and legal representation.
Immigration Detention Alternatives: Discussion of alternative approaches to detention for keeping immigrants under surveillance.
Public Perception of Immigrant Detention Policies: Analysis of public attitudes towards immigrant detention policies, the related political discourse, and the role of the media in shaping public opinion.
Indefinite Detention: This policy allows for immigrants to be held in detention for an indefinite period of time without any specific time limit.
Mandatory Detention: This policy requires the detention of certain immigrants who have been convicted of certain crimes or who are considered to be a flight risk.
Expedited Removal: This policy allows for the immediate deportation of certain immigrants without any judicial review or hearing.
Alternatives to Detention: This policy allows for the release of certain immigrants from detention centers to await their immigration hearings outside of the facility.
Family Detention: This policy allows for the detention of families with children, typically in separate facilities from adult detainees.
Secure Communities: This policy requires local law enforcement agencies to comply with requests from federal immigration authorities to detain and hand over immigrants who are suspected of being undocumented.
Catch and Release: This policy involves releasing immigrants who have crossed the border into the United States pending their immigration hearing.
Zero Tolerance: This policy requires the strict enforcement of immigration laws and the prosecution of immigrants who cross the border illegally.
"Immigration detention is the policy of holding individuals... until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of departure."
"Holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorized arrival, as well as those subject to deportation and removal..."
"A decision made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of departure."
"Mandatory detention refers to the practice of compulsorily detaining or imprisoning people seeking political asylum, or who are considered to be illegal immigrants or unauthorized arrivals into a country."
"People seeking political asylum, or who are considered to be illegal immigrants or unauthorized arrivals into a country."
"Some countries have set a maximum period of detention..."
"While others permit indefinite detention."
"Mandatory detention refers to the practice of compulsorily detaining or imprisoning people..."
"Holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorized arrival, as well as those subject to deportation and removal..."
"Holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorized arrival, as well as those subject to deportation and removal until a decision is made..."
"A decision made by immigration authorities..."
"...or to repatriate them to their country of departure."
"...or who are considered to be illegal immigrants or unauthorized arrivals into a country."
"People seeking political asylum..."
"...decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community..."
"Holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorized arrival..."
"While others permit indefinite detention."
"...grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of departure."
"...to repatriate them to their country of departure."