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In keeping up with the promises of the Obama administration, federal officials recently announced a system that will make it easier for families and lawyers to find people being held at 250 detention facilities around the country.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has put a search tool on its website that is similar to the system used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, according to the Associated Press. The reform is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to make the detention facilities more transparent and human.

Those looking for people being held in these immigration detention facilities can search for the person by either using his or her name or the “alien” number that is given to those who immigrate to the U.S. or end up in the custody of U.S. immigration.

According to the news source, about 30,000 people are being held by immigration authorities on any given day.

Hopefully the new search tool will be as an effective innovation for U.S. immigration as the EB-5 visa program, which gives foreign nationals a chance to earn American green cards by investing in American businesses.