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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:33:39 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Justin Rood <justin () talkingpointsmemo com> Date: May 13, 2006 10:44:18 AM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: RE: [IP] Remember this? Homeland "Security" contract for concentration camps in the USA
Reply-To: justin () talkingpointsmemo com 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 acombination 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 nationalsecurity." 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, anddetention and removal staff, increases in apprehensions make little sense,"
the report concluded." http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0905/092705jr1.htmHow 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 () farber net] Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:45 AM To: ip () v2 listbox comSubject: [IP] Remember this? Homeland "Security" contract for concentration
camps in the USA Begin forwarded message: From: "Jon O." <jono () networkcommand com> Date: May 12, 2006 10:21:03 PM EDT To: dave () farber net 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. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as justin () talkingpointsmemo com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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