Cory Booker released a new immigration plan Tuesday that would 'virtually eliminate immigration detention.'

If the New Jersey senator were elected, he vowed to severely limit the time unaccompanied children are able to be held in custody. It would also put an end to for-profit detention facilities.

The 2020 Democrat contender's campaign said the plan would phase out government contracts with private prison operators over the course of three years, shut down facilities that do not meet high standards of care and reform the bond system in immigration court by prioritizing liberty over detention for immigrants.

Instead of detaining the illegal border-crossers, Booker's plan proposes they be monitored using 'alternatives to detention,' like some of the methods already being utilized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Senator Cory Booker released an immigration plan that would 'virtually eliminate immigration detention' in putting an end to for-profit detention facilities and

The plan comes less than a week after the first round of Democratic primary debates, which took place Wednesday and Thursday and would severely limit the time unaccompanied children are able to be held in custody

Attention surrounding minor immigration detention spiked when several Democratic presidential candidates visited the the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children while in Florida for the first round of primary debates

ICE uses ankle bracelets, bonds and in-person and phone check-ins.

There are, however, exceptions, and immigrants who pose a risk to public safety or are deemed a flight risk would still be detained as part of Booker's plan.

Booker, 50, is one of the 25 Democrats seeking the party's nomination to take on Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

Many candidates visited the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children last week as part of a stop during the first round of Democratic primary debates in Miami.

The center was about 30 miles south of the debate location.

The Homestead facility holds minors that crossed into the U.S. illegally, usually between 13- and 17-years-old, as they complete paperwork and other tasks required to obtain the proper documentation to stay in the U.S.

The visits sparked national outrage as immigrant activists lamented over the conditions migrants were being held.

Candidates joined demonstrators posted outside and across the street from the facility. None were able to tour inside of the facility – but current lawmakers would likely be able to gain access if they put in a request at least two weeks ahead of time.

Several candidates met with demonstrations outside the Homestead, Florida facility and shared ways they would fight for immigrants rights. Some visitors included Elizabeth Warren (upper left), Bernie Sanders (upper right), Beto O'Rourke (lower left) and Kamala Harris (lower right)

Despite releasing the ambitious plan, Booker was not one of the candidates that made a stop at Homestead

Focus on these type of centers increased last week after a desperate father, and his 23-month-old daughter, drowned when attempting to swim across the Rio Grande to gain illegal entry into the U.S.

Trump has made clamping down on illegal immigration the centerpiece of his domestic policy agenda, rallying against Central American migrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.

Some, including a handful of candidates, blame the current administration’s policies and crack downs for the two Salvadoran deaths, claiming they were desperate to step foot in the U.S.

But U.S. agencies have struggled to keep up with a surge of Central American families arriving at the border, straining resources and severely overcrowding facilities.

Last week, lawyers asked a federal judge to intervene after they detailed several instances in which children were held in unsanitary and unsafe conditions.

In addition to targeting detention centers, Booker's immigration plan would reverse the Trump administration's decision to end protections for so-called 'Dreamers,' undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.

Booker proposed using alternative methods for detention, like ankle bracelets, bonds and phone and in-person check-ins – all measures already utilized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Trump's decision next year. The program has remained in place pending court action.

Booker also would do away with a number of Trump administration rules intended to restrict asylum claims and refugees, including Trump's entry ban for several Muslim-majority countries and a requirement that asylum seekers remain in Mexico until their U.S. court hearing, his campaign said.

The plan also calls for providing legal counsel to all immigrants. Currently, around two-thirds of immigrants face deportation proceedings without a lawyer, the campaign said.

Several other Democratic contenders have released their own immigration plans, including former Secretary of Housing Julian Castro, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris and former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke.