In case you are wondering how much immigrant detention costs: for FY2019 budget Trump admin requested "$2.8 billion for 52,000 detention beds (49,500 adult beds, and 2,500 family beds)" - 4.5x more than current levels of US assistance to Central America

In case you are wondering how much immigrant detention costs: for FY2019 budget Trump admin requested "$2.8 billion for 52,000 detention beds (49,500 adult beds, and 2,500 family beds)" - 4.5x more than current levels of US assistance to Central America https://t.co/3p4cvB6TGr pic.twitter.com/ygbYrSq2ax

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