Let's not forget about Halliburton's "immigrant" detetion centers...

[tex-wyo-dem]

Published on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 by The Progressive
Halliburton's Immigrant Detention Centers
by Ruth Conniff

While thousands of people were celebrating the contribution America's undocumented immigrants make to our economy, and demanding justice and recognition for workers who are denied basic rights, the government was making plans for large-scale detention centers in case of an "emergency influx" of immigrants.

KBR, the Halliburton subsidiary recently reprimanded for gross overcharging in its military contracts in Iraq, won a $385 million contract to build the centers. According to the Halliburton website -- www.Halliburton.com -- "the contract, which is effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to augment 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."

What new programs might those be?

The web was abuzz with speculation after the contract was awarded on January 24. Pacific News Service gave the most detailed analysis.

It connected the new "immigration emergency" plans with older plans that involved imposing martial law.

Certainly the detention centers raise the specter of WW II Japanese internment camps.

The new facilities could be used for round-ups of Muslim Americans or other American citizens tagged as "enemy combatants.”

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http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0418-27.htm

also:

http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=eed74d9d44c30493706fe03f4c9b3a77

also:

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B62C8724D-AE8A-4B5C-94C7-70171315C0A0%7D&dateid=38741.5136277662-858254656

[MercutioATC]

1. You mean the detention centers that haven't been built?

It's a contingency contract for chrissakes. It's nothing more than an agreement to build x number of facilities to x specifications at x price, should the government choose to execute the contract.


That's it. No construction planned, no ground broken. Just a contingency contract...one of thousands.

[meldroc]

3. You think the contingency's about to happen?

Your point's well taken, but all it'll take is another Reichstag fire, and the first of those camps will be up and running in a matter of weeks.

[Blackhatjack]

6. There Are None So Blind As Those Who Refuse To See ....

.... there are documented facilities built across this country. Try Google.

Or do they not exist until they are needed? That makes no sense for this bunch.
They are going to wait until a crisis arises to authorize the building of the facilities?
Don't Forget who has the contract --they sure as heck are not going to wait to collect.

[slaveplanet]

2. like this one

motion sensors, army locomotives, millions recently spent at a train repair facility thats been decommissioned since 1993?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=277826260716604258&q=label:where's+the+proof+moron

[Marie26]

4. No, they're for immigrants

Because the Military Commissions bill only applies to aliens (immigrants), and it allows them to be held indefinitely w/o trial or civil rights; at the same time that there's a contingency plan to build new camps for detaining immigrants. 2 + 2 = 4 here. But of course they're for DU posters. :eyes: The bill allows the possibility of alien detainment camps, the same way the US created them during WWII, and the earlier contract allows KBR to build them. There's really nothing preventing that right now after this bill is signed.

[Blackhatjack]

5. A New 911 Attack + Elections Postponed = Contingency To Round Up Critics

.... just imagine what the chaos would be like, and do you think for a moment that Bush would hesitate to declare Martial Law and silence his critics, while remaining in office?

Just too scary, but very possible.

[Matariki]

7. Those are some DAMNED chilling words

"or to support the rapid development of new programs"

I'm seriously starting to get freaked out.