The head of U.S. Homeland Security has asked for a subcommittee to look into eliminating privately run immigration detention centers used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The head of U.S. Homeland Security has asked for a subcommittee to look into eliminating privately run immigration detention centers used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Secretary Jeh Johnson asked the Homeland Security Advisory Council, chaired by Judge William Webster, to evaluate whether the immigration detention operations conducted by ICE should move in the same direction as the Department of Justice, which announced earlier this month that the Bureau of Prisons will reduce and ultimately end its use of private prisons.
“I have asked that Judge Webster to establish a subcommittee of the council to review our current policy and practices concerning the use of private immigration detention and evaluate whether this practice should be eliminated,” Johnson wrote in a news release. “I asked that the Subcommittee consider all factors concerning ICE’s detention policy and practice, including fiscal considerations.”
A report from the subcommittee of the HSAC is expected no later than Nov. 30.
