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Law & Society Review, Law and Society Association
March 2017

Legal Attitudes of Immigrant Detainees
By Emily Ryo


The length of detention varies from case to case dependingon a variety of factors, including, for example, the type of detention, whether the noncitizen has sought legal relief, and the type of legal relief sought. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)’s Immigration Project estimates that in 2013, ICE detained over 30,000 individuals for three months or longer, and over 10,000 individuals for six months or longer .....[Citing TRAC research].


Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
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