more on Remember this? Homeland "Security" contract for concentration camps in the USA

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Justin Rood <justin () talkingpointsmemo com>
Date: May 13, 2006 10:44:18 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: 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 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

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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.




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