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On the recordMarch 27, 2012
Over 110 people have died in immigration custody since 2003. Too many others have been subject to rape, abuse, or medical neglect.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Pierluisi highlights serious problems in the immigration detention system.

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