| Amnesty International: Immigrants in U.S. "Jailed Without Justice" |
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| Written by Amnesty International |
| Wednesday, 25 March 2009 10:52 |
Immigration is growing and increasingly visible. Immigrants and their
families carry all their human rights with them when they move. But
undocumented immigrants often live in the shadows and at heightened
risk of human rights violations. Amnesty International calls for
immigrants to be treated with full respect for their human rights and
human dignity."JAILED WITHOUT JUSTICE"On March 25, Amnesty International released a new report "Jailed without Justice" that exposes the immigration detention system in the United States as broken and unnecessarily costly. Over 30,000 immigrants are detained every day. This is triple the number detained just ten years ago. Immigrants can be detained for months or years without any meaningful judicial review - this despite international human rights standards requiring judicial review. It costs about $95 per day to detain someone,
while effective alternatives only cost $12 per day. These more
affordable alternatives are often not considered and the use of such
programs varies greatly region to region. |
