House Hearing Mocks Humane Immigration Detention Standards
Posted: 28 March 2012 01:20 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on new immigration detention standards recently issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Cynically entitled “Holiday on ICE,” the hearing reflects Chairman Lamar Smith’s allegation that the new standards—which set minimum requirements for medical care, access to counsel, and other living conditions—are a “hospitality guideline” for detained immigrants.

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