There are at least 186 secret detention centers maintained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) within the borders of the USA, according to an article published in the Nation magazine in December. Drawing on a report by Amnesty International (AI) entitled “Jailed without Justice,” it estimates that 415,000 people have been held at these facilities, which are operated under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security as so-called “sub-field offices” of the ICE. Their purpose is to deny undocumented immigrants due process and any means by which they can effectively lobby for their rights.

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And a good film is The Visitor about a lost professor learning how to play the Djembee, and about being illegal in New York.