70 Million: Undocumented immigrants are tethered to ICE, and private companies, by ankle monitors
In a special presentation from KALW News, it’s a story from the new podcast 70 Million, an open-source podcast looking at jail and criminal justice reform in communities across the country. When Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, tries to deport a person without legal status, often it puts them in so-called “detention centers.” ICE say this incarceration is necessary, in order to get undocumented folks to show up for their court dates.
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