ICE Detention 59,000: Record Levels, Horrible Overcrowding, Dwindling Due Process

ICE detention levels just hit a record 59,000 people. Fueled by $45 billion in funding in President Trump’s signature budget bill, more people are being held in immigration custody than ever before in American history. But as the administration has increased the detention system’s capacity by 150% in a matter of months, concerns are rising about a strained system that has led to mistaken deportations, deteriorating detention conditions, and a lack of basic due process protections.

The American Immigration Council brought together experts to raise alarm bells on the deteriorating immigration detention system and shed light on the barriers facing elected officials seeking to conduct oversight into an increasingly opaque system of incarceration.

Watch our webinar, along with Karla Ostolaza, Managing Director of Immigration at the Bronx Defenders.