§1377 Collection of data on detained asylum seekers

Summary

The Attorney General must regularly gather nationwide information about asylum seekers held in U.S. detention. The data must show how many people are detained, what countries they come from, the percent of each gender, the number at each year of age, where each person is held, whether facilities also hold criminals and if detainees share cells with criminals, how often people are moved between facilities, average and categorized lengths of detention, release rates for each INS district, and how cases are decided. Starting October 1, 1999, and by October 1 each year after that, the Attorney General must send a report with that yearly data to the Judiciary Committee in each House of Congress. Copies of the data must be made available to the public on request under rules the Attorney General sets.