Monday, February 11, 2019

Number of detention beds and a new shutdown

The latest news on the negotiations to fund the government and avoid another shutdown is that Democrats are insisting on a limit on the number of detention beds for illegal immigrants who are caught away from the border.

Rather than demand more detention beds, perhaps President Trump should insist on funding to double the number of judges handling immigration cases. That way we can avoid detaining more people by getting their cases through the court faster (and thus deporting or properly releasing them sooner).