With Detainee Hunger Strike in Third Week, ICE Is Failing to Review Requests for Freedom, Advocates Say | KQED
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"ICE has the discretion and the authority to release every single one of these individuals," said Mehta.In their letter to ICE, the advocates asserted that the agency "can and must use its professional judgment to evaluate enforcement decisions in every individual case."But they say ICE has denied nearly all of the hunger strikers' release requests, so quickly, in many cases, that ICE could not have reviewed the evidence submitted.
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