Exclusive: US immigration authorities sending 1,600 detainees to federal prisons

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters


Sarah N. Lynch, Kristina Cooke


WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are transferring into federal prisons about 1,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, officials told Reuters on Thursday, in the first large-scale use of federal prisons to hold detainees amid a Trump administration crackdown on people entering the country illegally.

An ICE spokeswoman told Reuters five federal prisons will temporarily take in detainees awaiting civil immigration court hearings, including potential asylum seekers, with one prison in Victorville, California, preparing to house 1,000 people.

Officials of a prison employees’ union said the influx of ICE detainees raises questions about prison staffing and safety.

Union leaders at prisons in California, Texas and Washington state who spoke to Reuters said they had little time to prepare for the large intake of detainees.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-prisons-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-immigration-authorities-sending-1600-detainees-to-federal-prisons-idUSKCN1J32W1

[The Hitman]

1. FOR FUCKS SAKE

What shit editor let this get published?


Seeking asylum is not ILLEGAL.
Seeking asylum is not ILLEGAL.
Seeking asylum is not ILLEGAL.
Seeking asylum is not ILLEGAL.
Seeking asylum is not ILLEGAL.
Seeking asylum is not ILLEGAL.
Seeking asylum is not ILLEGAL.
Seeking asylum is not ILLEGAL.
Seeking asylum is not ILLEGAL.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Hopefully the UN will invade soon and force putin and his nazi's out

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. It is in the Kingdom of tRump. nt

[C_U_L8R]

3. Are they packing them into railroad cars?

How can human rights orgs best intervene? How can we intervene?
And where are the children?

[turbinetree]

4. So instead of helping them become citizens just thrown them in prison and

let the tax payers foot the bill....................

[Docreed2003]

6. "They're selling postcards of the hangings...

They're painting the passports brown,
The beauty parlors are filled with sailors,
The circus is in town,
Here comes
The blind commissioner
They've got him in a trance
One hand is tied
To the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants...

And the riot squad they're restless,
They need somewhere to go
As lady and I look out tonight on Desolation Row"

[Thomas Hurt]

7. (smh) just increased cost to the taxpayer...if they are not facing criminal charges here in the US..

process them, give them their hearing if they are seeking asylum and deport them promptly if necessary.

Otherwise, if you can't handle cases, let them go.

But then this is about fascist scapegoating and milking the gov't teat to line the private prison industries pocket.

Donnie knows he can't get away with nazi style genocide, but he can oppress and persecute and exploit immigrants, legal or illegal.

Even violate the rights of Americans who get caught up in this totalitarian scam.

[appalachiablue]

8. In the article: immigration advocates reacted strongly to the news:

"Immigration advocates immediately decried the news of sending detainees to federal penitentiaries.

*“Our federal prisons are set up to detain the worst of the worst. They should not be used for immigration purposes,” said Ali Noorani, the executive director of the National Immigration Forum.

*“Federal prisons are for hardened criminals. They are not physically set up for immigrant landscapers looking for a job or fleeing violence,” Noorani said."