Posted on 06/16/2010 7:09:35 AM PDT by Brittany Pounders
Not much manages to surprise me anymore. We live in a world where wrong is right and right is wrong. Common sense has been all but abandoned.
Nothing proves these points more than the news that was released today, through a leaked internal memo, concerning ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Officials at ICE have decided that illegal aliens, who have broken US Federal Laws by entering our country illegally, should be more comfortable at their detention centers. When I speak of comfort, I don’t mean that they are lobbying for an extra blanket or the AC cranked a degree cooler.
No, what I mean by comfort is that these officials have decided that the criminals (yes, they have broken federal laws and that makes them a criminal) that have been caught and who are staying at these detention centers that are operated and owned by Corrections Corporation of America (including a 900 bed facility in North Houston) need to have access to art lessons, bingo games and continental breakfasts on the weekends—courtesy of our hard earned tax payer dollars.
In addition to game time and new yummy breakfast buffets, there are a total of twenty eight changes that will be coming to an ICE Detention Center near you! For example, Detainees will be allowed to wear “more comfortable clothing”—no more of those ugly orange jumpsuits, which just makes you feel like a…well… like a criminal! They will also have “freedom of movement” meaning that there will be no more lockdown or lights out rules.
Detainees will also have permission to have their visitors stay as long as they like within any 12 hour window! Which I guess will be helpful because every detainee will need a dance partner for the new dance classes that will also be offered! They will also have unmonitored phone lines—so nobody has to worry about any more pesky people that could be monitoring their conversations. Now they will be able to call and invite more of their friends from their individual countries to come, stay, and relax at the new American Resorts, also known as ICE Detention Centers.
Along with these new unmonitored phone lines, they will also be given email and free internet based calling. I’m comforted to know that these criminals will at least be able to update their facebook statuses regularly and their twitters will continue uninterrupted! To continue with these changes, a new Unit Manager will now be available to each new detainee for the purposes of collecting complaints and taking them to upper management. I’m sure each detainee will also be delighted to hear that there will no longer be pat-downs- so they won’t have as much trouble ferreting in any prohibited or dangerous items.
And taxpayers will also be pleased to hear that the entire building will be made so much more pleasant for these illegal aliens by all of the new hanging plants that will be added, along with strategically placed flower baskets throughout the detention center. Oh, and let’s not forget the fresh carrot sticks that will be added to the daily diet. They better not forget the ranch dip! Both of those will be immensely enjoyed along with the new movie times, additional dinner movies and vegetable buffets. No, I’m not making any of this stuff up!
Many people have brought up the absolutely non-sensical fact that these detainees will now be living far larger and extravagant existences than our own senior citizens in their retirement homes, for which families scrape tooth and nail to pay for as it is.
Aren’t detention centers supposed to be a humane but seemingly unpleasant and BRIEF resting place while the detainees are being processed to be sent back home? Obviously, many advocates are thrilled with the new changes. In fact, one ICE official, Beth Gibson said, “When people come to our custody, we’re detaining them to effect their removal…It’s about deportation. It’s not about punishing people for a crime they committed.”
Really?? I thought it was EXACTLY just that.
Many officers and officials are extremely worried about these new changes, specifically the no-lockdown and not patdown rules, and are saying, “Some detainees may be classified as low-risk because they have no serious criminal history but still may be gang members that haven’t been caught doing anything wrong yet.”
Have we become so politically correct and spineless that nobody sees the insanity of such decisions? In a country where we are literally being strangled from the inside out, largely due to our overwhelming and massive illegal immigration problems, we are now rewarding this criminal behavior – making it even more appealing to not only come illegally to America, but now you’ll immensely enjoy getting caught and staying in one of our Detention Resorts. And just maybe you’ll get to go home with a new I-Pad!
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ANYTHING for votes. Liberalism is indeed a true mental disorder, and always at the expense of REAL AMERICAN CITIZENS who are taxpayers. Without fail.
I can see November from my house.....
We need to deport or imprison ALL illegal aliens, including their anchor babies, seal/secure the border and SHOOT anyone who tries to re-enter illegally.
I have been saying for years, the fix is simple to our illegal immigration problem.
1. Every 1/2 mile along the border from california to texas put up a highway sized billboard facing south in spanish saying: WARNING! YOU ARE ENTERING A FREEFIRE ZONE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
2. Fly/float/bus or train every military recruit who would be trained in weapons use anyway to our new firing range. Anything moving down range is fair game.
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REFERENCE Obama Orders Dance Classes, Movie Nights, and Bingo for Illegal Detainees; ICE to make detention centers more humane
Houston Chronicle | June 8, 2010 | By SUSAN CARROLL
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are preparing to roll out a series of changes at several privately owned immigration detention centers, including relaxing some security measures for low-risk detainees and offering art classes, bingo and continental breakfast on the weekends.
The changes were welcomed by immigrant advocates who have been waiting for the Obama administration to deliver on a promise made in August to overhaul the nation's immigration detention system.
The 28 changes identified in the e-mail range from the superficial to the substantive. In addition to “softening the look of the facility” with hanging plants and offering fresh carrot sticks, ICE will allow for the “free movement” of low-risk detainees, expand visiting hours and provide unmonitored phone lines.
ICE officials said the changes are part of broader efforts to make the immigration detention system less penal and more humane. But 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. Other major changes include:
• Eliminating lockdowns and lights-out for low-risk detainees.
• Allowing visitors to stay as long as they like in a 12-hour period.
• Allowing low-risk detainees to wear their own clothing or other non-penal attire.
• Providing e-mail access and Internet-based free phone service.
Not about punishment "It's not about punishing people for a crime they committed.” Rosenberg said some of the changes, like new flower baskets, may seem small, but they will combine with the bigger changes to make a difference in the daily lives of detainees. “Taken together they will go some way to making this system less penal,” she said. (Excerpt) Read more at chron.com
Ping!
Last week’s news hits the blogosphere...
TWO QUESTIONS:
-can I learn the tango and the Rumba there?
-is there free WI-FI?
The reason for these ridiculous provisions are the multiple lawsuits filed by the ACLU. ICE is constantly being sued by the ACLU on behalf of the aliens in custody. Somehow, the ACLU has succeeded in convincing a lot of people that illegal aliens convicted of other state crimes magically become “non-criminals” once they are turned over to ICE custody. They are still the same convicted criminals that were eventually encountered and turned over to ICE CAP units due to their illegal immigration status. The general public needs to be better informed about the extremely high number of illegal aliens being convicted of crimes in our state courts.
Just so you are aware not everyone who is pickled up by ICE is illegally here. Many people including my husband of 13 years was picked up and is legally in this country. Immigration is not know for being on top of things and many of the people picked up sit there for a couple weeks when they are legal to be here just because Immigration has not got everything into their systems correctly. And I assure you Houston holding center has none of the things your mentioning in the post. I personally was there yesterday to get my husband finally after 3 weeks that it took to prove he is legal here. No they dont have internet, buffets, nor is it anything like a spa. Go check for yourself before you get others in a uproar. Know all the facts before ranting about something you do not have first hand knowledge of.
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