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Federal immigration authorities are issuing significantly fewer requests for jails to hold inmates beyond their scheduled release dates so they can take custody of them and attempt to deport them, a new report shows.
Based on data obtained from the government, the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse report shows a 39 percent decrease in these requests — called detainers — between fiscal year 2012 and March of this year. That translates to about 9,000 fewer detainers issued per month, or more than 100,000 fewer each year. In Georgia, there was a 58 percent drop in detainers during this time frame.
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