| US Senate Immigration Bill Would Triple Budget For Prison-Pipeline Program The Huffington Post | |
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The comprehensive immigration bill passed in June by the Senate is a 1,197-page doorstop filled with little-known provisions, like a new policy to encourage Canadian retirees to visit as tourists. Among those provisions, NPR reports, is the tripling of the budget for Operation Streamline, a program that convicts undocumented immigrants en masse for illegal entry and funnels them into the prison system.
The George W. Bush administration inaugurated Operation Streamline in 2005. Arguing that the jail time would deter people from crossing illegally, under the program people caught crossing illegally are convicted of illegal entry and deported after serving time. Prior to Operation Streamline, migrants caught crossing illegally were generally deported immediately or placed in detention centers to await deportation proceedings.
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