'A sign of hope:' Advocates cheer ICE decision to stop using Alabama jail to hold undocumented immigrants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Alabama immigrant advocacy groups hailed the federal government's decision to no longer use the Etowah County Detention Center to hold undocumented immigrants, calling Friday's announcement "a decisive victory."
49% : Since the May 20, 2021, memorandum on immigration detention issued by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, ICE has taken significant additional steps to review the detention system, including observations, analysis, and expertise provided by personnel at ICE, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, and others, the ICE statement read"Mayorkas has committed to review detention facilities to assess whether their conditions are humane, meet applicable standards, and represent a responsible use of appropriated funding,'' the statement continues.
46% : As of 2016, an average of about 300 ICE detainees were incarcerated in the Etowah County facility at any given time under a federal contract that allows ICE to house detainees there in exchange for a per diem of $45 per inmate per day.
46% : We are thankful that ICE is ending its contract with this facility."
42% : When told ICE cited deficiencies by way of explanation of the closing, Horton said, "We've got evidence of just the opposite.
37% :U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, said in a statement announcing the decision that the jail "has a long history of serious deficiencies identified during facility inspections and is of limited operational significance to the agency."

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