Immigration Control: Immigration Policies Affect INS Detention Efforts.

Abstract

Immigration advocacy groups have questioned detention practices affecting illegal immigrants, implying that they violate civil and human rights and are arbitrary, capricious, and even discriminatory. For example, the decision to detain illegal immigrants from Haiti beginning in 1981 and continuing with the incarceration of certain Central Americans in 1989 has caused controversy. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees, which expressed concern about these issues, asked GAO to review the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) detention policies and practices. Specifically, GAO analyzed the implementation of INS criteria and priorities governing alien detention and length of detention to determine the basis on which INS detains aliens. (KAR) P. 3

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 25, 1992
Accession Number
ADA298483

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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