tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15483635.post4160895669681157330..comments2023-11-02T09:50:39.527-04:00Comments on Hate, Hope & Human Rights: A Broken Immigration System?Dr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652880358815392918noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15483635.post-45892869312761861122011-12-06T18:31:54.659-05:002011-12-06T18:31:54.659-05:00I've been reading a great deal about Alternati...I've been reading a great deal about Alternatives to Detention after seeing them mentioned in one of the readings for class. There's a great document from UNHCR (http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4472e8b84&page=search) that describes how many of these might prove to be plausibly implemented and even cost effective. Of course, this document was issued in 2006, and it doesn't quite seem like the U.S. has made a lot of progress...<br /><br />One of the most striking things I read in the article you posted was that there was a proposed rule that would exempt immigration facilities from the Prison Rape Elimination Act...<i>what?</i> These are human beings we're dealing with here; they deserve to be protected from sexual abuse just as much as any other- detained or not. This system certainly isn't the best we've got.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17736615922524728238noreply@blogger.com