Menendez to tour NJ immigration detention facility
July 28, 2008
ELIZABETH, N.J. - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez is planning to tour an immigrant detention facility in Elizabeth Monday as part of his push to improve detainee health care.

Menendez is proposing a bill that would mandate better health care for those held in immigration custody. The measure is in response to nationwide reports of immigrants receiving substandard health services or dying in custody.

The Elizabeth Immigration Detention Center is a privately run facility that the federal government contracts with to house immigrants facing deportation or other legal procedures.


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