New hotline for immigration detainees setup by US administration

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New hotline for immigration detainees setup by US administration

Homeland Security Department(DHS) is launching a hot line for people jailed on immigration charges who believe they are victims of crime or may be U.S. citizens.

The new measure was launched by the Department of Homeland Security to ensure detained individuals "are made aware of their rights" or "properly notified about their potential removal from the country," according to the release. The hotline number is 855-448-6903.

The 24-hour-a-day, 7-days-a-week hotline is part of a "broader effort to improve our immigration enforcement process and prioritize resources to focus on threats to public safety, (on) repeat immigration law violators, recent border entrants, and immigration fugitives while continuing to strengthen oversight of the nation's immigration detention system and facilitate legal immigration," a news release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.

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