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County will soon expand services for INS
The Standard Democrat ^ | 01.23.04 | Scott Welton

Posted on 01/23/2004 5:22:07 PM PST by Beck_isright

CHARLESTON - Mississippi County will soon expand it’s holding services for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. County commissioners said during their regular meeting Thursday that INS officials approved the vacant Missouri Baptist Children’s Home in East Prairie Jan. 15 as a temporary facility for holding alien families detained by INS.

“These are not criminals - they’re illegal aliens,” said Presiding Commissioner Jim Blumenberg.

Commissioner Homer Oliver said the type of facility they are discussing enables the INS to detain illegal aliens without splitting families up.

Commissioners declined to offer any specifics of the proposed contract with INS, but said INS has requested space for 60 people and advised their normal startup practices guarantee 95 percent occupancy during the first 120 days.

The rooms would be designed to hold three people each except for cases with children under the age of 7 who will room with their mother, according to commissioners.

Commissioners discussed eventually putting up a metal building with about 4,500-5,000-square-feet in space for the family INS detainees in Charleston. Blumenberg estimated the cost should run between $130,000 and $180,000, as keypad security system should be sufficient for the facility. “They don’t have any place to go,” said Blumenberg.

Oliver said the facility would not be like a jail, but would have a “residential atmosphere.”

“They’re needing something pretty quick,” said Blumenberg. Commissioners plan to visit a facility in Pennsylvania in late February to get a better idea of what is needed.

“It could be profitable,” Blumenberg. “I’m kind of enthused about it.”

Mississippi County has been holding INS prisoners in its detention center since October 1999, according to Don Chance, administrator.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; crime; illegalalien; immigrantlist; immigration; immigrationplan
"“These are not criminals - they’re illegal aliens,” said Presiding Commissioner Jim Blumenberg.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
1 posted on 01/23/2004 5:22:09 PM PST by Beck_isright
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To: *immigrant_list; A Navy Vet; Lion Den Dan; Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; madfly; B4Ranch; ..
That one comment I quoted should make you pull what's left of your hair out. I give up. The majority have decided to elect vegetables ping.
2 posted on 01/23/2004 5:23:24 PM PST by Beck_isright ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."-Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Beck_isright
“These are not criminals - they’re illegal aliens,” said Presiding Commissioner Jim Blumenberg.

And Willie Sutton was only a bank robber.

3 posted on 01/23/2004 5:27:38 PM PST by TomServo ("Why does the most evil man in the world live in a Stuckeys?")
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To: TomServo
That's not a very sensitive nor politically correct comment on your part. </sarcasm off
4 posted on 01/23/2004 5:28:44 PM PST by Beck_isright ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."-Alexander Hamilton)
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These are not criminals - they’re illegal aliens,” said Presiding Commissioner Jim Blumenberg.

That depends on what the definition of illegal is. Idiot. /sarcasm

5 posted on 01/23/2004 5:30:04 PM PST by rintense
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To: Beck_isright
My goodness. The news everyday is enough to make you want to commit harry carry. Between taxes, and society, and illegals, and outsourcing, and war . . . what's a freeper to do
6 posted on 01/23/2004 5:32:23 PM PST by PersonalLiberties (Between Life and the Pursuit of Happiness you Need Liberty www.personalliberties.com)
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To: Beck_isright
What sort of half-@ssed logic is that?!?!?

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

7 posted on 01/23/2004 5:32:33 PM PST by Viking2002
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To: rintense
Just think of the positive side: He was elected "by the people".
8 posted on 01/23/2004 5:35:14 PM PST by Beck_isright ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."-Alexander Hamilton)
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To: PersonalLiberties
"My goodness. The news everyday is enough to make you want to commit harry carry. Between taxes, and society, and illegals, and outsourcing, and war . . . what's a freeper to do"

Just vote the party line and don't ask questions. </sarcasm off?
9 posted on 01/23/2004 5:35:50 PM PST by Beck_isright ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."-Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Beck_isright
That's not a very sensitive nor politically correct comment on your part.

The "compassionate" in my "conservative" took a hike. ;-)

10 posted on 01/23/2004 5:36:13 PM PST by TomServo ("Why does the most evil man in the world live in a Stuckeys?")
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To: Viking2002
Argh? I've heard that phrase before...same think I said when I saw that quote!
11 posted on 01/23/2004 5:36:21 PM PST by Beck_isright ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."-Alexander Hamilton)
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To: TomServo
"The "compassionate" in my "conservative" took a hike. ;-)"

As did mine. Every time I sign my quarterly returns.
12 posted on 01/23/2004 5:36:52 PM PST by Beck_isright ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."-Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Beck_isright
“It could be profitable,” Blumenberg. “I’m kind of enthused about it.”

This is at the heart of the problem, isn't it.

13 posted on 01/23/2004 5:37:44 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Beck_isright
Copy and paste are two great functions, aren't they? LOL
14 posted on 01/23/2004 5:38:39 PM PST by Viking2002
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To: skeeter
"This is at the heart of the problem, isn't it."

Yuppers.
15 posted on 01/23/2004 5:40:21 PM PST by Beck_isright ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."-Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Viking2002
But who can beat that quote...copying and pasting it just do not do it justice.
16 posted on 01/23/2004 5:40:42 PM PST by Beck_isright ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."-Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Beck_isright
"“These are not criminals - they’re illegal aliens,” said Presiding Commissioner Jim Blumenberg.

I'm convinced. There is no cure for stupid.

17 posted on 01/23/2004 5:48:16 PM PST by Missouri
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To: Missouri
"I'm convinced. There is no cure for stupid."

I'm assuming this means that the 80/20 rule is in full effect in this nation. Sadly, the "80" percent compromise the majority of voters and vegetables.
18 posted on 01/23/2004 6:25:01 PM PST by Beck_isright ("Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."-Alexander Hamilton)
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