Pennsylvania's immigrant 'baby jail' was notorious. Now Trump may revive family detention for children and parents

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : ICE officials let the contract expire in early 2021, saying tax dollars could be better spent on facilities that offered greater performance, efficiency, and economy of scale.
55% : It was by far the smallest, the other two, in Texas, having a shared capacity of 3,000.Berks was run by the county through a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
55% : And no one from ICE or the administration has asked about its availability, according to county spokesperson Jonathan Heintzman.
45% : But family detention is coming back, according to Trump officials.
40% : According to ICE, those families, like other foreign nationals, were held to make certain they attended their immigration hearings, and so that if necessary they could be readily deported.
35% : Trump sought to solidify family detention during his first administration, promising to end what he called "catch and release," which allowed migrants to live freely as their court cases proceeded.

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