Trump’s Deportation-Industrial Complex
Apparently, the horrific ICE raids, existing detention centers, and extralegal deportations are not enough for Trump. He and his administration have continued to up the ante on the inhumane treatment of Americans. We're talking about tens of billions (yes, billions with a b ) of dollars being spent to purchase warehouses across this country and turn them into what can only be called concentration camps. ICE is preparing to spend $38 billion on a so-called 'new detention center model': buying up warehouse spaces and retrofitting them to hold nearly 100,000 people. Warehouses. Not facilities built with any concern for human dignity. Warehouses. This unprecedented funding provided by the GOP's so-called Big Beautiful Bill has enabled the administration to detain an increasing number of non-criminal immigrants. We're locking up people who've lived here for decades, folks who have never committed a crime. Detainees have reported rotten food, inadequate ...