Reposted by Marlon A. Walker
The deadliest six-month period for immigration detention since 2018 has occurred this year, according to a letter Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock sent to the Department of Homeland Security this week.
Less than 24 hours after that letter was published, the year became deadlier still.
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