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1. We spend too much money on it
2. Seriously, too many taxpayer dollars
3. And for some reason, we want to spend even more taxpayer dollars on it.
4. Yet, even when spending so much money, we still rely on private prisons (!) for the majority of these detentions
5. Private prisons for immigration detention are kind of a thing
6. Alternatives to detention – such as electronic bracelets or required check-ins – are so much cheaper and humane
7. They’re also far more effective
Check out our Math of Immigration Detention paper for more reasons why we need to fix our broken detention system.
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