ICE Dangerously Lowered Its Standards for Immigrant Detention Centers and Hoped You Didn't Notice

In a switch that went largely unnoticed over the holidays, the Trump administration made life more harsh for detained migrants

, ICE said that the standards were “updated to better reflect the strong relationship ICE has with its law enforcement partners, including where detention facilities successfully manage their own populations and are willing to assist ICE with housing immigration detainees.”

The weaker standards will help local jails and prisons pass ICE inspection, which will allow them to continue contracting with the agency and taking agency funds. The revisions, as, also water down guarantees that allow nonprofit organizations access to the approximately 140 immigration detention facilities across the United States.

“The way that the new national detention standards are structured, it removes any incentive to really provide the minimal care and oversight necessary for detainees,” Eunice Cho, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project told the Observer. Cho also said that “ICE’s [revised] standards for these detention facilities have weakened protections for immigrant detainees across the board.

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