Congresswoman Advocates Ban on Immigration Agencies Contracting with Private Prisons
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez and 16 other lawmakers sent a letter to the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, requesting that Congress prohibit US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) from contracting with private prisons.
In the letter, which was sent in late March, Velázquez (D-N.Y.) requested t…
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