1.   Many counties and parishes have decided they do not want the hassle, and refuse to house federal detainees.

2.   Passaic County is one of hundreds of state and county jails with a contract to house federal detainees.

3.   There are no federal detention centers along the Southwest border, so federal detainees are held in local jails.

4.   Those counties that do accept federal detainees usually have excess jail space and a need for cash.

5.   Amnesty International representatives said they were concerned about federal detainees being held at two New Jersey jails.

6.   Representatives of the human rights group Amnesty International expressed concern Thursday over how federal detainees are being held at two New Jersey jails.

7.   The group wants to have names released for hundreds of federal detainees held in New Jersey jails.

8.   The suspects are being held as federal detainees in the Chattanooga jail.

9.   Another measure allows the government to listen in on conversations between federal detainees suspected of terrorist activities and their attorneys.