The Obama Administration claims that "immigrant family detention" stopped last year's surge of people fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. But newly established detention centers are called "gilded cages," and a federal judge has ruled that they're "inhumane." Last Friday, Judge Dolly Gee ordered 1700 women and children released from detention centers in Texas and Pennsylvania until immigration courts settle their claims for asylum. What are the options? Will Congress consider a billion dollar proposal to improve conditions in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala?
The Deterrence Dilemma
More
- Hennessey-Fiske on Judge Gee's ruling on immigration detention centers
- CLINIC on incarcerated children, mothers being denied due process, critical information before release
- CLINIC on working with unaccompanied migrant children
- Vaughan's testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration on sanctuary cities
- Olson on Central America, how US policy responses are helping, hurting, and can be improved
Credits
Guests:
- Molly Hennessy-Fiske - Washington Post reporter - @mollyhf
- Jeanne Atkinson - Catholic Legal Immigration Network - @cliniclegal
- Jessica Vaughan - Center for Immigration Studies - @JessicaV_CIS
- Eric Olson - director of policy and strategic initiatives, Seattle International Foundation