Link: Panel probes detainee conditions - OC Register.
The federal government and human rights and legal advocates Thursday painted vastly different pictures of immigrants in detention in testimony to Rep. Loretta Sanchez's subcommittee on border issues.
The subcommittee on border, maritime and global terrorism held the first of two hearings on issues surrounding border, detention and human trafficking issues. The panel is focusing first on how the Department of Homeland Security is dealing with the large increase in illegal immigrants being held while the federal government decides whether to deport them.
The number of illegal immigrants being detained has risen from 18,000 in July, 2006 to about 28,000 today.
