Rethinking Pre-removal Immigration Detention in the United States: Lessons from Europe and Proposals for Reform

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    Christina Fialho

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    Staff Publications

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In this article for Refugee Survey Quarterly, Christina Fialho, a former research intern at the Global Detention Project and founder of the California-based Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC), examines the legality of lengthy detention of non-citizens held in pre-removal immigration detention in the United States, while presenting a comparative analysis of the European Union and four of its Member States. The article is available here.