WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Cory Booker issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced the reintroduction of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act alongside U.S. Representatives LaMonica McIver and Rob Menendez and New Jersey immigrant rights advocates. The bill would end the use of private, for-profit detention facilities, prohibit the practice of detaining families, and ensure due process. It would also repeal mandatory detention and increase federal oversight, accountability, and transparency of the immigration detention system.
Ahead of the bill's announcement, Senator Booker toured Delaney Hall. The tour comes after Senator Booker has repeatedly and forcefully spoken out against the conditions ...