Halliburton's Immigrant Detention Centers

[rodeodance]

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

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.

[RufusEarl]

1. Yea, are these detention centers for Immigrants only?

how about US dissidents, couldn't anyone be put in these camps for ignoring martial law rules?

Just saying!