In the latest of a series of meetings on Capitol Hill, five members of the Task Group met with staffer Samantha Price of Rep. Delaney’s (D-MD 6th District) office on December 7. The primary purpose of the visit was to confirm the Representative’s continued opposition to the statutory quota that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has to hold an average of 34,000 individuals in detention on a daily basis. This quota has been inserted in the appropriations bill annually, and a strong effort is required to keep this from happening in the March 2017 markup of the bill. Samantha expects that Rep. Delaney will be once again be part of such an effort in the House. Read the UUSJ letter…