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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Michael R. Sisak

Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown

Trump Immigration - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday, returning to a strategy that drew allegations of mistreatment during his first term.

In a statement to The Associated Press, the prison agency said it is assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “by housing detainees and will continue to support our law enforcement partners to fulfill the administration’s policy objectives.”

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