[IP] more on Remember this? Homeland "Security" contract for concentration camps in the USA
Begin forwarded message:
From: Justin Rood <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 13, 2006 10:44:18 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [IP] Remember this? Homeland "Security" contract for
concentration camps in the USA
Reply-To: justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave,
Just a quick note -- I have a bit of familiarity with this issue from
having
covered it for Congressional Quarterly and Government Executive
magazine.
The detention facilities are to hold illegals (for lack of a better
term --
substitute your nomenclature of choice) picked up in the United
States until
they are processed and can be deported. Right now, DHS has a pitiful
lack
of beds -- they're literally apprehending illegals and they don't
have the
space to hold them; so they release them into the general populace on
their
own recognizance.
Not surprisingly, few show up for their hearings.
Here's the relevant passage from an article I wrote last year about a
DHS
Inspector General's report that touched on the subject:
"The IG report also detailed how illegal immigrants detained by
[Customs and
Border Patrol] were often released by [Immigration and Customs
Enforcement],
which runs DHS' detention facilities, because the agency does not
have space
to hold them.
"The report said CBP's increased efforts to intercept aliens were not
coordinated with ICE's detention and removal operations. Due to a
combination of hiring freezes and regulatory restrictions, ICE's
detention
operations lost 10 percent of their bed space and 2 percent of their
staff
in the past couple of years, according to the report.
"Meanwhile, CBP has apprehended more illegal aliens. In particular,
detentions of people from countries other than Mexico have increased
from
slightly less than 50,000 in 2003 to more than 75,000 in 2004, and have
continued to skyrocket in 2005.
"The result has been "the release of increased numbers of apprehended
aliens
into the community," the report stated. Border Patrol officers are
frustrated that ICE releases people from "special interest" countries--a
term for nations that "present a potential terrorist threat to national
security." The report estimated that ICE releases one in every five
aliens
from special interest countries that were apprehended by the Border
Patrol.
"Without the support of increased transportation, detention space, and
detention and removal staff, increases in apprehensions make little
sense,"
the report concluded."
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0905/092705jr1.htm
How Halliburton got the contract, whether there are secret plans to
convert
these new facilities into concentration camps, etc. - I can't speak
to. But
if your enforcement policy is to catch and deport illegal aliens,
it's silly
to spend millions apprehending them only to release them into the
populace
for lack of facilities.
Justin Rood
Washington, DC
-----Original Message-----
From: David Farber [mailto:dave@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:45 AM
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Subject: [IP] Remember this? Homeland "Security" contract for
concentration
camps in the USA
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Jon O." <jono@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 12, 2006 10:21:03 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Remember this? Homeland "Security" contract for
concentration camps in the USA
Dave:
Back around Feb 22 this year, there was a story posted about
KBR being awarded a contract to setup "Immigration and Customs
Enforcement facilities in the event of an emergency"
http://lists.elistx.com/archives/interesting-people/200602/msg00240.html
During that time, many people theorized on what these "camps"
would be used for, the purpose of the contract, etc. As you
may recall, there was no talk then of the immigration issues
that have come up in the past couple weeks, only mention of:
...establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities
to expand 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, KBR said.
I guess we know now these this wasn't a risk of influx to the
USA, but rather the "new programs" KBR mentioned (assuming the
dollar doesn't continue it's downward trend).
Looks like these new camps are going to be filled in part like
this:
Bush Weighs Deploying Guard to U.S. Border
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/12/195467-bush-weighs-deploying-
guard-to-us-border
President Bush, trying to build momentum for an overhaul of the
nation's immigration laws, is considering plans to shore up the
Mexican border with National Guard troops paid for by the federal
government, according to senior administration officials.
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