Thread: American Gulag

You need to read this new Amnesty International report on immigrant detention in our country. Even those who have some knowledge about this national shame will be jolted by AI’s findings:

- Tens of thousands of people languish in U.S. immigration detention facilities every year — including a number of U.S. citizens — without receiving a hearing to determine whether their detention is warranted.

- Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are being used to hold these people for months—sometimes years—in detention. The people detained include lawful permanent residents, undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers and survivors of torture and human trafficking.

- Oversight and accountability is almost nonexistent and individuals in detention often lack treatment for their medical needs. 74 people have died while in immigration detention over the past five years.

If you’re looking for a healthy way to channel your rage after reading the report, you can send this letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, urging her to find meaningful alternatives to detention and ensure that conditions in detention are “humane and meet international standards.â€

If true, much of this could be avoided by prompt deportation. Unfortunately, Amnesty International seems more concerned with finding fault with the U.S. than with actually doing some useful work throughout the world. When's the last time you saw an AI report on prison conditions in China or Russia?

Originally Posted by ReggieMay

If true, much of this could be avoided by prompt deportation. Unfortunately, Amnesty International seems more concerned with finding fault with the U.S. than with actually doing some useful work throughout the world. When's the last time you saw an AI report on prison conditions in China or Russia?

Or Mexico?

Half the time I think most of this crap has to do with trying to force our hand in totally caving in to dominance by the UN