This is a list of detention facilities holding undocumented immigrants in the

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. The United States maintains the largest undocumented immigration detention camp infrastructure in the world, which by the end of fiscal year 2007 included 961 sites either directly owned by or under contract with the

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, according to the Freedom of Information Act Office of the

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(ICE). During the period 2007–2009, no fewer than 363 detention camps were used.

References

* American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. 2008. Detention and Deportation in the Age of Ice: Immigrants and Human Rights in Massachusetts. December 2008. * Corrections Corporation of America. Website. http://www.correctionscorp.com/. *Fleming, Cory and Fritz Scheuren. Study on the Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal: Statistical Report on Detention - FY 2000 – 2003. U.S Department of Homeland Security, February 2005. * GEO Group, Inc. Website. http://www.thegeogroupinc.com/. *Pavlik-Kenan, Catrina M. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement Freedom of Information Act Office). 2007. Letter to Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project). 7 November 2007. Geneva, Switzerland. *Pioneer Human Services. Website. "Juvenile Programs, Pioneer Human Services." http://www.pioneerhumanserv.com/community_links/juvenile.html. *Southwest Key. Website. "Unaccompanied Minors Program." http://www.swkey.org/Unaccompanied_Minors.html. *

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. Website. "Office of Refugee Resettlement." http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/. *

. Website. "Detention & Removal: Immigration Detention Facilities." http://www.ice.gov/pi/dro/facilities.htm. * Women's Refugee Commission. 2009. Halfway Home: Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Detention. February 2009. {{Immigration to the United States * *

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