Booker vows to 'virtually eliminate immigration detention' if elected president
By Jessica Campisi - 07/02/19 07:16 AM EDT
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a 2020 White House hopeful, on Tuesday unveiled a plan that would “virtually eliminate†immigration detention if he is elected in 2020, his campaign said.
Booker’s immigration agenda, which he said would begin on Day 1 of his presidency, centers on using executive power to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to mandate detention facilities meet civil detention standards of the American Bar Association.
He would also end the use of for-profit detention facilities, limit the amount of time immigrants spend in detention centers and ensure immigrations get better access to legal counsel.
Booker’s plan would also undo the Trump administration’s move to eliminate protections for so-called “Dreamers,†undo the administration’s Muslim travel ban and “expand pathways for refugees and those seeking asylum†by removing barriers to asylum, increase the cap on refugees and up border staffing for interviewing those seeking asylum.
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