Velazquez Wants Private Prisons Out of Immigration Enforcement
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release:
During debate on a funding bill for the Bureau of Prisons, Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) offered an amendment signaling Congress' disapproval of private facilities being used to house immigrant detainees.
Due to a "current surge in illegal border crossings," U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) partnered with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to house im . . .
During debate on a funding bill for the Bureau of Prisons, Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) offered an amendment signaling Congress' disapproval of private facilities being used to house immigrant detainees.
Due to a "current surge in illegal border crossings," U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) partnered with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to house im . . .