Until now it was not possible to find most detainees, some were even mistakenly deported, without family knowing where they went. - - Donna Poisl
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement launches a search service for relatives and attorneys trying to find people in a nationwide maze of prisons and jails.
By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times
Responding to criticism of secrecy within the immigration detention system, federal officials launched an online service Friday to help relatives and attorneys find detainees in the sprawling networks of prisons and jails.
In the past, locating a relative was cumbersome, time-consuming and sometimes impossible, requiring numerous phone calls to detention centers around the nation.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
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