Trump plans massive private prison expansion to jail undocumented immigrants

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Independent


The plans are consistent with Mr Trump's promise to crack down hard on illegal immigrants in America
Clark Mindock New York 
@ClarkMindock 
an hour ago

The Trump administration is planning a massive increase to the capacity of federal immigration jails across the country, which advocates and lawyers say foretells the continued ramping up anti-immigrant actions in the United States.

Notices published in recent weeks to a federal contracting website ask for the identification of privately-run jail sites to boost current jail capacity by 4,000 inmates in five areas of the US, including Chicago, Detroit, Salt Lake City, St Paul, and southern Texas. A public announcement did not accompany those notices.

Those notices are consistent with Donald Trump’s promise on the 2016 campaign trail to crackdown on illegal immigration, and consistent with Mr Trump’s escalated efforts since he took office to arrest illegal immigrants in America.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-prison-immigrants-expansion-undocumented-private-plans-ice-a8007876.html

[msongs]

1. millions of latinos voted for trump. hope they are happy now n will vote dems 2018 nt

[Initech]

2. American gulags for the new Nazi party, how appropriate.

[Solly Mack]

3. I can already see the coming abuse headlines.

[C Moon]

4. Gee, do ya think any "documented" (voting) people will be imprisioned, as well?

[Doreen]

7. Remember all of those jobs he was talking about?

If you go to prison you will get to work. Now, getting paid will probably not happen, you will be overworked, underfed, little sleep, unsanitary living conditions, and all of the abuse possible. Oh, this will not matter if you are undocumented or not. They will put blacks, Hispanics, LBGT, Democrats, Liberals, non bible thumping Christians, non Christians, and last and least women. They are going to be making money money money money.

[C Moon]

8. For years and years, I've believed the GOP wants to take the U.S. back to the industrial age.

Trump is working on fulfilling that dream for them.

[Doreen]

10. Agree

[christx30]

18. I look Hispanic. You'd better believe I take

my ID and my Social Security card everywhere I go. You never know when some racist cop doesn't believe you.

[canetoad]

5. Erik Prince

Would have to have a finger in this pie.

[Scarsdale]

22. Dickless Cheney, also.

He invested $80 million in private prisons years ago. Instead of these prisons why not build rehab centers for the opioid addicts the pharma companies have cultivated? That addiction takes many more lives than undocumented people do.

[Sunlei]

6. Americans Federal money will pay for trumps detention prisons for millions of undocumented. They'll

wait years to see a backlogged Judge in immigration Courts.

[iluvtennis]

9. This is SHAMEFUL. The loads anf loads of railroad cars of illegals being carted off GE ad...

...is coming to be real.

[burrowowl]

11. Jesus H Christ!

More jobs for underpaid private prison guards! Private prisons should not exist! Another example of rampart greedy capitalism! And no justice for anyone!

[SergeStorms]

14. Private prisons are....

huge contributors to the Republican party. They want a return on their investment, and Trump and the GOP controlled Congress will oblige. It's all about the campaign contributions. Always.

[Hieronymus]

12. Private prisons make huge profits ..

the more prisoners the better.

[BigmanPigman]

13. The fake prez and Stephen Miller should be in a

prison cell with some room mates named Bubba for a few years. They would be walking "funny" for the rest of their shitty lives. That is my Karma wish.

[PSPS]

15. Why would they be walking "funny?"

[not fooled]

16. And in addition to the profits

the cranks in this administration--well, actually they are closet Nazis--intend to return the U.S. to majority white status by kicking out brown people, preventing brown people from immigrating, and blocking the access of white women to birth control and abortion.

They are deranged but determined. And dump is their ticket, so they think, to enacting their agenda in perpetuity because they will fix the election system to cement their hold on power.

[trueblue2007]

17. this is horrible, this nas to get to Rachel Maddow or Laurence O'Donnell

[ATL Ebony]

19. Why only privately run jails vs issuing public notice? Perhaps $$ boost to Dolt45's buddies??

[Thor_MN]

23. Of course to award no bid contracts to reward donors.

The biggest problem, IMO, is that private prison contracts always have guaranteed occupancy clauses. Crimes are then invented to keep the prisons filled.

Legalize marijuana and there would be capacity to jail all the white collar criminals.

[no_hypocrisy]

20. It's all about money, not about safety.

Our county and its jail are making profits from taking undocumented immigrants from surrounding areas like Brooklyn, Long Island, etc.

[davertcx]

21. It's not fair

It's not fair