Thread: Flaws found in options for immigrant detention

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Flaws found in options for immigrant detention
By SUSAN CARROLL Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Oct. 20, 2009, 12:25AM


Nearly one in five suspected illegal immigrants who went through an Immigration and Customs Enforcement intensive monitoring program absconded while under supervision during the past five years, newly disclosed records show.

The records, obtained by the Houston Chronicle through a Freedom of Information Act request, raise questions about the effectiveness of ICE's alternatives-to-detention programs, which President Barack Obama's administration touted this month as a key component in the planned overhaul of the nation's immigration detention system.

Immigrants enrolled in the programs are expected to comply with a range of measures, including checking in by phone, wearing ankle monitors and obeying a curfew. The programs are designed to improve court appearance rates for non-violent offenders.

On its Web site, ICE boasts a 99 percent appearance rate in immigration court for participants in its restrictive Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP). Yet records maintained by private contractors that administer ISAP show they were “unable to locateâ€

Immigrants enrolled in the programs are expected to comply with a range of measures, including checking in by phone, wearing ankle monitors and obeying a curfew. The programs are designed to improve court appearance rates for non-violent offenders.

What a flippin'joke! They have NEVER obeyed a law, why would they start just because they got caught? They know where to get a new ID, so they break out a new identity and start over again[/b]

[b]Illegal Aliens Abscond Under “Humaneâ€