But in portraying their jobs, they also revealed anti-immigrant prejudice. We have also been recognized in the recent past for identifying and detaining an international terrorist who was involved with several bombing incidents around the world. As in the OIG report, the underlying issue raised is a lack of standards, and thus a lack of accountability. The cycle of repeated complaints about Krome proves the need for Krome and other INS detention facilities to operate under clear, consistently applied guidelines. The FIAC report documents a world in which, quite simply, the authorities can get away with practically anything.
Accountability is the exception.
Franklin Tse represents the Chinese Federation of Florida and the Asian American Federation of Florida. He has not been allowed into Krome, and INS officials have not returned his phone calls. Apparently that is too much to ask. The FIAC report also describes impediments to attorney-client communication at Krome as well as the difficulties of getting paroled out of Krome. Detainees and their attorneys must learn about the parole process by word of mouth.