Biden to Ask Congress for 9,000 Fewer Immigration Detention Beds

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55% : That is more than double the number of such devices that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was using a year ago.
54% : The number of undocumented migrants crossing the southwest border has increased sharply during Mr. Biden's presidency, and his administration has increasingly turned to alternatives to detention, including ankle monitors, a smartphone application with facial recognition technology and phones that undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings can use to check in with immigration authorities.
52% : The Biden administration is looking to cut more than 25 percent of the bed capacity at immigration detention facilities in its budget request for the next fiscal year, the latest indication that the government is shifting from incarcerating undocumented immigrants to using ankle-monitoring devices and other alternatives.
49% : Many Republicans were outraged by the drop in arrests and deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2021 compared with the prior year, the details of which were disclosed in a recent report from the agency.
48% : On Friday, the administration announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was ending a contract with a facility that holds immigrants and reducing its use of three others.
44% : ImmigrationNew Asylum Policy: The Biden administration has finalized a plan that would radically change the process for people seeking asylum in the United States allowing them to avoid overburdened immigration judges.
42% :Last year, the Biden administration cut ties with two other facilities, the C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center in Dartmouth, Mass., and the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga.Because of the pandemic, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has used only a fraction of its available beds for immigration detention.

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