NPR on Detention Bed Mandate: A Quota for Human Detentions

In "Little-Known Immigration Mandate Keeps Detention Beds Full," NPR's Ted Robbins tells how the congressional detention bed mandate has contributed to the record number of immigrants held in immigration detention.  Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano questioned the congressional mandate as "arbitrary."

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