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In Our September 2025 Edition:
This alternative to detention worked. Then Trump ended it.
Why did the federal government end a program that returned a 100% immigration court appearance rate without detention or surveillance and was 90% cheaper than detention? Why did it instead give billions of taxpayer dollars to private prison executives for immigration detention, who promptly raised executive compensation and bonuses?
