Health Care for Noncitizens in Immigration Detention.

Provides an overview of noncitizen detention and health care standards provided to detainees by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Discusses debates over whether these standards are adequately followed, and examines H.R. 5950/S. 3005, the Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008, to require DHS to...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Health facilities. Civil defense > United States. Emigration and immigration. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides an overview of noncitizen detention and health care standards provided to detainees by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Discusses debates over whether these standards are adequately followed, and examines H.R. 5950/S. 3005, the Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008, to require DHS to establish procedures to ensure continuity of care for detained aliens.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.