{"id":10204,"date":"2015-09-18T16:23:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T20:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=10204"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:05:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:05:30","slug":"report-on-immigration-detention-centers-is-illegitimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/09\/18\/report-on-immigration-detention-centers-is-illegitimate\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on Immigration Detention Centers is \u2018Illegitimate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) released a report<\/a> Thursday that condemned immigration detention center conditions and called for family detainees to be set free.<\/p>\n Two of the eight commissioners dissented, claiming even before any evidence was gathered the chairman had already decided what the group\u2019s conclusion would be.<\/p>\n \u201cInstead of conducting an actual investigation, it [the commission]structured its initial fact-finding simply to amplify stale rumor and innuendo,\u201d Commissioner Gail Heriot published in her dissention<\/a>. \u201cNo effort was undertaken to establish whether the allegations\u2014all of which were already public\u2014were fact or fancy.\u201d<\/p>\n USCCR said its investigation revealed some detention centers and contracted facilities were not in line with detention center standards, specifically those related to medical care and legal information.<\/p>\n The commission recommended the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reduce the use of detention, ensure humane treatment of detainees, increase the use of alternatives to detention, allow legal and pastoral access to detention facilities, and strengthen due process protections, according to the press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n