WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
With Congress set to consider legislation to further increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funding and detention beds this week, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to end the use of private, for-profit detention facilities, prohibit the practice of detaining families, and ensure due process for detained individuals. It would also end mandatory detention and increase federal oversight, accountability, and transparency of the immigration detention system.
The bill announcement comes after Padilla and Senator Ada...