Inside America's $2bn immigrant detention industry (BBC) {Need to read!}
2 April 2014 Last updated at 00:33 BST
Under President Barack Obama, the US has deported almost two million undocumented immigrants, more than any of his predecessors.
Before being kicked out of the US, most of these people will spend time locked up in a detention centre. Some have criminal convictions, but the majority are detained on immigration charges.
A little-known federal law enacted in 2006 ensures that a minimum of 34,000 undocumented immigrants must be held on every single day. Private companies run most of the centres.
Critics claim the congressional mandate forces law enforcement agencies to arrest and detain immigrants to meet an arbitrary bed number rather than act on the merits of each individual case.
Facing a backlash from Hispanic leaders angry at the impact deportations are having on families and communities, the White House has promised a "more humane" approach. Now, the administration is pushing to lower the minimum number of daily detainees.
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Only the simpleminded see quotas as a solution.
Republicans see them as solutions to everything they support, and accuse Democrats of doing the same for the things they support. It's the most obvious "solution", and they can't think beyond the most obvious.
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