营利性拘留
February 18, 2022
The use of migrant-tracking technology is being pushed by the Biden administration to replace for-profit detention centers. Alternative-to-detention (ATD) programs can cost the government almost 50 times less per person than having migrants physically in detention centers. Currently, the cost of having a person in detention is $142 per day while using ATD services will cost only $3 per day. Immigration advocates are divided over the implementation of ATD tracking programs. There is a concern that the administration will use ATD to put more immigrants under surveillance than before, rather than decreasing the use of detention.
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