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• Asylum seekers (like refugees)
• Unauthorized arrival
• Green Card holders with a past criminal conviction
• Refugees who have had any interaction with the criminal justice system

• Scared and Alone Indefinite Detention Threats
• Deportation Threats No Free Legal Help
• Isolated From Support System

• Lack Legally Enforceable Standards, Expensive
• No Legal Representation, Lack of Services
• High Rates of Depression and Anxiety
• Growing in Size

• Detainees are held in more than 200 facilities across the United States. Various facilities: County jails, Large dedicated facilities including private facilities.
• ICE operated facilities Range in size from 2 beds to 1500+ beds.
• Some county jails have contracts with ICE to hold friends in detention

• According to federal government data, GEO Group receives more taxpayer dollars for immigration detention than any other ICE contractor. According to USA Spending, since President Donald Trump took office, ICE has awarded over $480 million in federal funds to GEO and over $331 million to CoreCivic.

• Medical Neglect
• Quality of food
• Abuses from jail and detention center staff
• Solitary confinement
• Inhumane conditions

Detention can last anywhere from 3 months to over 2 years.