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Headlines : Civil LibertiesHomeland Security To Build Detention Camps In The United States
Not only are these “detention centers” (a friendly euphemism for prison camp or concentration camp) being set up for detaining (imprisoning) immigrants, but plans are also in the works to use these camps “in the event of an immigration emergency, as well as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency, such as a natural disaster.”
The official story is that in such a scenario, they would be used to house law enforcement and relief support personnel. What else might these camps be used for?
[Posted By ShiftShapers]Republished from Business Wire
ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 24, 2006–KBR announced today that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) component has awarded KBR an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contingency contract to support ICE facilities in the event of an emergency. KBR is the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton (NYSE:HAL).
With a maximum total value of $385 million over a five-year term, consisting of a one-year based period and four one-year options, the competitively awarded contract will be executed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. KBR held the previous ICE contract from 2000 through 2005.
“We are especially gratified to be awarded this contract because it builds on our extremely strong track record in the arena of emergency operations support,” said Bruce Stanski, executive vice president, KBR Government and Infrastructure. “We look forward to continuing the good work we have been doing to support our customer whenever and wherever we are needed.”
The contract, which is effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to augment existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) Program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs.
Posted by ShiftShapers
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“What else might these camps be used for?”
Witches?
They’re planning for a ‘rapid development of new programs’? What other kinds of emergencies might require the use of concentration camps? Political emergencies?
What other kinds of emergencies might require the use of concentration camps?
Freedom
I posted this two days ago
good for you. have a cookie.
I say they are building those so when the economy collapses they can keep people there working for nothing and fueling the elite’s wealth.
Got anymore Cookies Shifty?
As a student of the history of Germany in the 1930’s, I’m deeply disturbed by this revelation. After Germany passed the Enablement Act in 1933, the Nazis contracted for the creation of detention camps, most particularly at Dachau, which were then used to house members of other political parties.
The parallels between Germany then, where legal permission was secured to make laws without the involvement of the legislative branch, and America today, where administration uses every legal means to gradually subvert laws Congress has made, and to undermine the Constitution, are quite relevant.
While I normally do not write letters to my Senators, I have done so in this instance. This issue is so far beyond the typical letters they receive, and I look forward to what ‘form’ reply they’ll craft to address this concern.
Thanks for posting it.
MikeW, haven’t you heard? It’s not cool to compare Nazi-style fascism to developing American-style fascism. [sarcasm]
MikeW, could you post their replies in here when they arrive? It’d make for some good reading, if only it does go beyond the standard ‘form letter’.
Are concentration camps coming to the US?
mikew: yeah, first thing that came to mind when i read this article is the corporate name that used to hang over auschwitz “detention” camp
I.G. Farben
Halliburton Detention Centers: What sort of national emergency requires detention centers? America has plenty of prisons. More of our population is behind bars than in any country on earth.
Why Is Halliburton Building Internment Camps? I believe that all Americans should be very concerned. It might be ‘‘someone else’‘ they come for first, but if this is the direction our nation is going, who knows where it will end.