Washington, DC - The number of people in immigration detention has reached approximately 30,000, more than double the number when President Biden took office in January 2021. In response to this rapid increase, Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director of Detention Watch Network issued the following statement: “We repeatedly sounded the alarm that the Biden administration must end the cruel and racist Title 42 policy without relying on immigration detention and surveillance. Yet, in just one month since the overdue end of Title 42, the number of people in Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
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