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This week, we report on the origins of privately-run immigration detention centers and ask: “Are these places actually necessary?”
The unprecedented health crisis created by the coronavirus forced the release of thousands of migrants across the country, plunging the number of people detained in immigration facilities to a historic low.
And despite the dwindling detention numbers, the immigration court system never collapsed. So this begs the question: did we ever need detention facilities in the first place?
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This week, we report on the origins of privately-run immigration detention centers and ask: “Are these places actually necessary?”
The unprecedented health crisis created by the coronavirus forced the release of thousands of migrants across the country, plunging the number of people detained in immigration facilities to a historic low.
And despite the dwindling detention numbers, the immigration court system never collapsed. So this begs the question: did we ever need detention facilities in the first place?
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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