Deutch Amendment to Allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Determine the Level of Detention Beds As They Deem Necessary
Amendment to: H.R. 2217 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014
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Liberty for All's Position
The detention mandate removes discretion from those individuals closest to the situation and represents arbitrary and unnecessary federal regulation. More importantly, the detention mandate is a crony-backed program that has helped turn private prisons into a billion dollar industry while costing taxpayers up to $2 billion per year. In introducing the amendment, Rep. Deutch noted that "a single detention bed is approximately $122 per day; and with additional administrative costs, it can rise to $164 a day. Meanwhile, alternatives such as ankle bracelets, parole, telephonic, and in-person reporting, curfews, and home visits can run from 30 cents to $14 per day." Liberty For All supports common sense solutions that save the American taxpayer money and return discretion to local communities and officials. By allowing ICE to pursue cost-effective alternatives as it sees fit, this bill ended another form of corporate welfare and opened up the potential for substantial cost savings and a better prioritization of priorities.Name
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