Homeland Security Seeks Deportation Aid

[Eugene]

Homeland Security Seeks Deportation Aid


Saturday May 20, 2006 2:01 AM

By LARA JAKES JORDAN

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - It will take nearly 35,000 more jail beds to end a much-criticized
"catch and release" program for dangerous illegal immigrants in the United States,
but the Bush administration has not budgeted enough to do that, the Homeland Security
Department's internal watchdog said Friday.

The White House proposes spending $386 million, which would pay for 6,700 beds but not
enough to detain all high-risk aliens, Inspector General Richard L. Skinner said
in a 52-page report.

The new report highlighted shortfalls in deporting illegal immigrants who commit crimes
in the United States or are from countries that sponsor terrorism or protect terrorists.

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In an administration pledge to crack down on illegal immigrants, the Homeland Security
Department has vowed to end "catch and release" - ticketing and freeing people
in the United States illegally instead of detaining them - by fall.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5833508,00.html

[babylonsister]

1. Surprise! They're being built!

http://www.progressive.org/mag_rcb041706

Halliburton's Immigrant Detention Centers
By Ruth Conniff
April 17, 2006

While thousands of people were celebrating the contribution America's undocumented immigrants make to our economy, and demanding justice and recognition for workers who are denied basic rights, the government was making plans for large-scale detention centers in case of an "emergency influx" of immigrants.

KBR, the Halliburton subsidiary recently reprimanded for gross overcharging in its military contracts in Iraq, won a $385 million contract to build the centers. According to the Halliburton website--www.Halliburton.com--"the contract, which is effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to augment existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations Program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs."

What new programs might those be?

The web was abuzz with speculation after the contract was awarded on January 24. Pacific News Service gave the most detailed analysis.

It connected the new "immigration emergency" plans with older plans that involved imposing martial law.

Certainly the detention centers raise the specter of WW II Japanese internment camps.

The new facilities could be used for round-ups of Muslim Americans or other American citizens tagged as "enemy combatants.”

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[tanyev]

3. Are they building railroad tracks directly into the camps

to facilitate transportation or are 18-wheelers more efficient nowadays?

:scared:

[stepnw1f]

2. So That's Why the GOP just Cut Veteran's Benefits AGAIN!

nice huh? Patriotic as hell:mad: