DOD Says It Won't Foot Bill For Housing Detained Immigrant Families On Bases

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Nicole Lafond | July 10, 2018 7:54 am

The Department of Defense on Monday said it anticipates being reimbursed for all the time and resources it’s devoting to detaining immigrant families on its military bases, Foreign Policy reported.

A Pentagon spokesperson said in a statement that the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services would be responsible for caring for the 32,000 immigrants in detention, and would need to reimburse the DOD for its work preparing to house the families on bases.

“DOD is not going to have any involvement, any interaction with the children or the families,” the spokesperson said.

The Pentagon is currently conducting environmental reviews at two of its military bases, according to Foreign Policy and DHS has asked the Pentagon to build tents to house up to 4,000 family members, starting with Fort Bliss in Texas and New Mexico.

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[Hortensis]

1. Sounds like "the generals" don't agree America's

supposed infestation constitutes invasion.

[atreides1]

2. Yeah right!!!

DHS and HHS are going to run to daddy Don, who will tell uncle Mad Dog, that yes he will be paying for it! Uncle Mad Dog, will do exactly what daddy Don tells him to do, like already has!!!

[heaven05]

3. good luck

[lark]

4. Never ever happen.

The grifter in chief cares nothing for military readiness, and spends money hand over fist that isn't his so he an reap the huge bribes. He's paying DeVos company $700/day/child which encompasses a great deal of profit for her and "commissions" for him and Sessions. Since the money is not in the budget, he'll just steal from the already super-inflated and unneeded military budget. Unfortunately DOD doesn't agree but can they do one thing about it other than bitch?

[FSogol]

5. So, Trumpy, in the name of national securtiy is taking money away from the military to protect

us from infants and toddlers?

[Nitram]

6. This should set in motion an epic clash between Trump and the military.

[ancianita]

7. The DoD should never have agreed to take in any of them to begin with.

Fort Bliss is conveniently right outside El Paso. But so what.

Multiple-day detentions should never have been part of DHH's s.o.p., anyway.

DHH should always have been able to handle its business without all this detention bullshit.

The next prez better overhaul that poorly run agency.

[Orsino]

8. The DOD's job is to shut up and let defense contractors profit without oversight. n/t

[marble falls]

9. cheetolini claims the home nations of these wrongly imprisoned undocumented immigrants ...

legally seeking refugee protections will pay for it, just like the wall.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. A lot of folks "anticipate being reimbursed" for doing jobs for Trump.

DoD, good luck with this whole "reimbursement" thing.