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Jailed Without Justice: New Report on US Immigration Detention Blasts System as Broken and Costly

Jailed Without Justice: New Report on US Immigration Detention Blasts System as Broken and Costly

We take a look at a new report from Amnesty International USA lambasting the state of the immigrant detention system in this country. 400,000 people are arrested by immigration officials each year, some of them US citizens. The report, “Jailed Without Justice,” says that tens of thousands languish in immigration prisons in deplorable conditions without receiving a hearing to determine whether their detention is warranted. [includes rush transcript]

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