ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern

[deniseg@stranger.social]

ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern

Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.

*Yes, this is happening. ICE is buying warehouses to hold people.

#warehouses #ICE #immigrants

ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern

Department of Homeland Security plans to purchase and operate mega warehouses to use as immigration detention centers are raising concerns among lawmakers, local residents and government contractors in the running to operate them.

NBC News (www.nbcnews.com)

[sgtgary@mindly.social]

@DeniseG Crazy - more than 20 potential locations that can hold up to 8000 detainees at once? That's a lot of people crammed into concentration camps pretending to be warehouses.

When I was deployed to Saudi Arabia in 1997 we had a tent city that housed 5000 people and it covered a HUGE space - something like 15x10 city blocks. Four kitchens, 26 shower units & more bathrooms, and tons of support buildings and tents. And we weren't even prisoners crammed into bunks. I can't imagine...