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Sequester Affects Immigration Enforcement and Invites Attention to Detention Policy, M. Chishti and F. Hipsman,  MPI, 2013"The sequester — federal budget cuts designed to save $85.4 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2013 — has begun to take its bite on many aspects of immigration enforcement in the United States. The belt-tightening, including an 8.2 percent cut in domestic spending, affects a wide range of immigration functions, including visa processing, border security, screening at ports of entry, and the operation of immigration courts. However, it was the government's decision to release immigration detainees on bond or to less costly supervision programs in late February that has generated a firestorm — and in the process, brought new focus to immigration detention policy writ large ..."Lire la suite :http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=937Photo : MPI, ibidem