Booker would phase out the use of private detention centers over a three-year period.
The move would greatly reduce detention space, since for-profit companies operated roughly two-thirds of all beds in 2015, according to a
The plan also would be pressure-tested if the level of migrants arriving at the southwest border grew to even higher levels than the surge of recent months. Border communities have struggled to house and care for migrants, a situation that could be exacerbated if there’s a spike in new arrivals.Booker did not estimate the cost of his detention wind-down, but it could reduce costs to the federal government in the short-term.
Supporters of detention, however, point out that detained migrants tend to have their cases heard more quickly and don’t require added resources to track down.
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