; (2) they have a disability; (3) they are elderly, pregnant, or nursing; (4) they are minors; (5) they demonstrate that they are primary caretakers of a minor or an infirm person; or (6) their detention is otherwise not in the public interest. 302. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility standards Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention system facilities, including contract facilities and local and county jails operating under intergovernmental service agreements, shall meet the Performance-Based National Detention Standards developed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2011, including the revisions issued in December 2016. 303. Increased funding for alternatives to detention (a) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide sufficient funding to the Alternatives to Detention Division to cover alternatives to detention program costs for all aliens awaiting immigration proceedings who are not subject to detention. (b) Contracts authorized The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall contract with nonprofit service providers with the ability to provide the services required in operating an alternatives to detention program whenever feasible. (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 304. Increasing the number of immigration judges and strengthening merit-based hiring and due process (a) Immigration judges The Attorney General shall increase the total number of immigration judges by 225, compared to the number of immigration judges authorized on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Support staff