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Medical Care for Immigration Detainees (podcast)

Posted on March 02, 2016

On any given day, more than 30,000 people are held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. ICE is responsible for providing the people in these facilities with safe, secure, and humane confinement—including some medical services. But what type of care are detainees getting? And at what cost?

Listen to Rebecca Gambler, a director in our Homeland Security and Justice team, discuss her team’s recent review of medical care for immigration detainees.

Medical Care for Immigration Detainees

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