Immigration Detention Centers, A Haven of Abuse
A Research Project Submitted to the Faculty of National University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of:
Bachelor of Science in Homeland Security and Emergency Management
May 2017
By
Hugh H. Scully II
Instructor:
James Sytsma
SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECT APPROVAL FORM
I certify that I have read the project of Hugh H. Scully II entitled instructions for the preparation of the Senior Research Project and that, in my opinion; it is satisfactory in scope and quality for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Homeland Security and Emergency Management at National University.
Approved by:
James Sytsma, Instructor
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This paper will attempt to validate the abusive nature within ICE’s Immigration Detention Centers. Specifically, the abuse that women and children suffer by high risk detainees and ICE agents within the detention centers. Additionally, this paper will also challenge the infrastructure along the southwest border, specifically on overcrowded and antiquated detention centers. Furthermore, how the financial impact to detain, process and release or deportation of undocumented immigrants has become a burden on U.S. tax payers. Lastly, how the lack of concern for human rights has become a crisis at the U.S. and Mexican border. Table of Contents
List of illustrations …………………………………………………………………….….8
Chapter I: Introduction…………………………………………………………………...9
Chapter II: Literature Review…………………………………………….………….…17
Chapter III: Results…………………………………………………….…………….…26
Chapter IV: Discussion, Conclusion, Recommendations……………………………...36
References……………………………………………………………………………..….41
Appendix A…………………………………………………………………………….....46 List of Illustrations
Illustrations
1 – Growth in for-profit immigration detention compared to U.S. state and federal
Prison Population…………………………………………………………….………….46
2 – DHS complains & investigations…………………………………………………....47
3 – Allocation of ICE
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