House arrest for immigrants as an alternative to detention
February 11, 2022
The Biden Administration is launching a 120-day pilot program within the coming weeks in Houston and Baltimore. This will place migrants under house arrest as an alternative to immigration detention. The program will have 100-200 single adults enrolled in each location. The so-called “home curfew” policy will cost $6-8 per day for each enrollee, whereas the immigration detention costs $142 a day. The program is intended to help control the expected record highs this year of arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border. The enrollees will be expected to remain home from 8 p.m. until 8 a.m., with exceptions for job schedules or special circumstances.
Specific content can be found here:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-try-house-arrest-immigrants-alternative-detention-2022-02-08/