To call these facilities 'detention centers' is very misleading and dishonest. They are prisons of the worst kind where the incarcerated have been treated more like caged animals than human beings.
We know now that some 70% of those arrested by ICE had not criminal records. For most the only crime was entering the U.S illegally. Trump repeatedly lied that millions of rapists, murderers, pedophiles and people from mental institutions had snuck into our country.
Before we had any immigration policies, millions came to our shores seeking a better life and/or escaping arrest or other retribution. We are a country not built by angels. Those now imprisoned by ICE may not be angels either but most were hard working people seeking a better life fir themselves but mostly their children.
We deserve controlled borders and decide who is allowed to enter and the terms for becoming a citizen. The sad fact is those rules were conveniently ignored fir decades to provide cheap labor. We came close to major bipartisan immigration reform until Trump blew it up so as to make it a winning political issue.
So here we are spending hundreds if billions to deport mostly good, hard working people for political points. In the process we are violating human rights, civil rights and common decency. We now have labor shortages in many areas all helping to drive up costs.
We still need real immigration reform because we still need immigrants. Unfortunately as long as Trump and MAGA Republicans are in control it won't happen snd the cruelty will continue.
Thank you for sharing this horrific story. The conditions sound appalling, and the disgusting, bold faced grab at billions of OUR hard earned dollars for themselves just takes your breath away. It seems to me that more news outlets need to be covering this ongoing story with more intensity and seriousness. And we need to remember that the "immigration problem in America" was a made up idea. Trump has pounded on this since day one of his first campaign. He used it to bait Americans into thinking that immigrants in this country are violent criminals and drug dealers and rapists. Fact is, immigrants are LESS likely to commit crimes than regular citizens. A lot less. This is all based on a lie, and way too many Americans believe it.
These are clearly Concentration Camps on American soil. Disgusting. What the American government is doing to these people is worse than what these people did (being brown), to this country. In fact, they contributed to the economy and got nothing back. This is a human rights violation. I'm embarrassed to be an American. We need Supreme Court reform yesterday! John Roberts needs to be impeached, with Alito and Thomas in tow.
One of the questions democracies struggle with is what happens when public functions become profit centers.
The concern isn’t simply that private contractors exist. Governments contract with private companies all the time.
The concern arises when a company’s revenue depends on the expansion of the very activity it has been hired to support. At that point, the incentives deserve scrutiny.
Whether the issue is prisons, detention centers, defense contracts, or anything else, the same question applies: how do we ensure that public policy is being shaped by public goals rather than by the financial interests of those who benefit from it?
That’s ultimately an oversight question as much as an immigration question.
It goes a lot deeper than just GEO Group.
Entire companies have received all of their government contracts (or nearly all of them), just since the inauguration, and their donation history is absolutely chilling: https://vesperosint.substack.com/p/cash-for-hate-us-immigration-and?r=7zme4x
To call these facilities 'detention centers' is very misleading and dishonest. They are prisons of the worst kind where the incarcerated have been treated more like caged animals than human beings.
We know now that some 70% of those arrested by ICE had not criminal records. For most the only crime was entering the U.S illegally. Trump repeatedly lied that millions of rapists, murderers, pedophiles and people from mental institutions had snuck into our country.
Before we had any immigration policies, millions came to our shores seeking a better life and/or escaping arrest or other retribution. We are a country not built by angels. Those now imprisoned by ICE may not be angels either but most were hard working people seeking a better life fir themselves but mostly their children.
We deserve controlled borders and decide who is allowed to enter and the terms for becoming a citizen. The sad fact is those rules were conveniently ignored fir decades to provide cheap labor. We came close to major bipartisan immigration reform until Trump blew it up so as to make it a winning political issue.
So here we are spending hundreds if billions to deport mostly good, hard working people for political points. In the process we are violating human rights, civil rights and common decency. We now have labor shortages in many areas all helping to drive up costs.
We still need real immigration reform because we still need immigrants. Unfortunately as long as Trump and MAGA Republicans are in control it won't happen snd the cruelty will continue.
GOD ALMIGHTY! CLOSE DOWN ALK OF THESE CORRUPT ICE CONCENTRATION CAMPS NOW!!!!!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Time to KICK the ORANGE ARSE out of the WHITE HOUSE with our feet!
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Thank you for sharing this horrific story. The conditions sound appalling, and the disgusting, bold faced grab at billions of OUR hard earned dollars for themselves just takes your breath away. It seems to me that more news outlets need to be covering this ongoing story with more intensity and seriousness. And we need to remember that the "immigration problem in America" was a made up idea. Trump has pounded on this since day one of his first campaign. He used it to bait Americans into thinking that immigrants in this country are violent criminals and drug dealers and rapists. Fact is, immigrants are LESS likely to commit crimes than regular citizens. A lot less. This is all based on a lie, and way too many Americans believe it.
These are clearly Concentration Camps on American soil. Disgusting. What the American government is doing to these people is worse than what these people did (being brown), to this country. In fact, they contributed to the economy and got nothing back. This is a human rights violation. I'm embarrassed to be an American. We need Supreme Court reform yesterday! John Roberts needs to be impeached, with Alito and Thomas in tow.
https://www.mobilize.us/deicecitizens/
One of the questions democracies struggle with is what happens when public functions become profit centers.
The concern isn’t simply that private contractors exist. Governments contract with private companies all the time.
The concern arises when a company’s revenue depends on the expansion of the very activity it has been hired to support. At that point, the incentives deserve scrutiny.
Whether the issue is prisons, detention centers, defense contracts, or anything else, the same question applies: how do we ensure that public policy is being shaped by public goals rather than by the financial interests of those who benefit from it?
That’s ultimately an oversight question as much as an immigration question.