Immigration Detention: Urgent Planning Needed to Avoid Further Waste of Taxpayer Dollars (GAO-26-108663)
- Publisher
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Published
- 2026-09-24
- Type
- official document
- Link
- https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-26-108663.pdf
- Last checked
- 2026-10-28
- Rights
- public domain — we link and describe; we do not republish the text.
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