Didi Martinez | NBC News
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The Department of Homeland Security says its immigrant detention centers are at capacity, housing about 47,600 individuals.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday on background, DHS officials said they are working with the Marshals Service, Department of Defense and Federal Bureau of Prisons to increase bed space as they ask Congress for more funding.
Arrested individuals are also being released from detention on a case-by-case basis using ICE’s Alternatives to Detention program based on medical or humanitarian concerns, they said.
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