The immigration news is that the resort-like amenities recommended for the 900-bed Houston Contract Detention Facility and all other CCA detention facilities will coddle illegal immigrant criminals with amenities like movie nights, dance classes, hanging plants and visits from their girl friends.
There’s some double-talk coming from CCA, the private detention facility contractor, about this immigration news. They claim the posh amenities will only be available “non-criminals”. Here’s the catch – when local jails find they have an illegal alien, they drop their criminal charges and ship the criminal over to ICE on the illegal immigrant charges. So he shows up as an illegal but not as a criminal. ICE officials estimate that 90% of the detainees have criminal charges.
This immigration news comes from Chris Crane, the president of the union that represents more than 7,000 ICE officers. The decision to pursue these reforms came without ICE leadership talking with the "technical experts," Crane told CNN. "These are purely input from special-interest groups," he said.
From the Houston Chronicle: “The plans are prompting protests by ICE's union leaders, who say they will jeopardize the safety of agents, guards and detainees and increase the bottom line for taxpayers. Tre Rebstock, president for Local 3332, the ICE union in Houston, likened the changes to creating “an all-inclusive resort” for immigration detainees.
CCA claims the 28 changes they propose, from a vegetable bar to free Internet service, won’t cost the taxpayer anything. That’s because the taxpayer is already shelling out an exorbitant $102 per day for each illegal in CCA custody.
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