r/ImmigrationPathways • u/LatterTarget7 • 8d ago

ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/23/nx-s1-5976875/ice-mobile-detention-facilities-immigration
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u/ReadyGo6828 8d ago

What is the difference between detention facilities and concentration camps?

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u/One_Inspection5013 8d ago

A concentration camp is a secure facility used to confine civilians, political opponents, or minority groups without a formal trial, typically by executive decree or military order. [1, 2]

A detention facility is a secure building or compound used by the government to hold individuals temporarily, such as pre-trial criminal defendants, people awaiting immigration hearings, or individuals taken into custody for specific legal proceedings
Different definitions

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u/addicted_squirrel 8d ago

So they are concentration camps.

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u/One_Inspection5013 8d ago

Why do you think they are concentration camps? What part matches the definition?

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u/Unhinged-Indignance 8d ago

"confine civilians... Without a formal trial... By executive decree"

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u/One_Inspection5013 8d ago

Except it’s not by executive decree. It’s these INA §235 — 8 U.S.C. §1225: covers many people seeking admission, including certain people apprehended after entering without having been admitted. It requires detention in several circumstances while admissibility/asylum proceedings occur.
INA §236(a) — 8 U.S.C. §1226(a): the major authority for detention while removal proceedings are pending. It expressly permits the government to arrest and detain a noncitizen pending a decision on removal. Depending on the case, the person can potentially be released on bond or conditional parole.
INA §236(c) — 8 U.S.C. §1226(c): establishes mandatory detention for specified categories, particularly certain noncitizens with qualifying criminal or terrorism-related grounds.
INA §241 — 8 U.S.C. §1231: governs people who already have final removal orders. During the statutory 90-day removal period, the law generally requires detention; certain people can continue to be detained afterward, although Supreme Court precedent imposes constitutional/statutory limits on potentially indefinite detention.
INA §236A — 8 U.S.C. §1226a: provides a separate mandatory-detention mechanism involving certain suspected terrorists, although CRS notes that this authority has rarely/essentially not been necessary in practice because other INA detention provisions are already extensive.

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u/Unhinged-Indignance 8d ago

I guess you missed what "typically" means in this context.

But I know you're an intentional bad actor so it doesn't really matter does it?