[SwinneySwitch]

"The local setup would be similar to those being used in Maricopa County, Ariz., where Sheriff Joe Arpaio opened the nation's largest tent prison in 1993,...."

If you build it for 10,000, Sheriff Omar, then the Texas state law will make you keep 1,000 beds free at all times! Idiotic!

[SwinneySwitch]

Sheriff Omar Ping!

[TomGuy]

Excellent!!!

A week or so ago, I saw an article about illegals being caught -- and released (doh!) near Springfield, Missouri -- excuse: "they didn't have any room in the local jail".

Maybe the Sheriff of Maricopa County is inspiring many other lawmen to finally starting doing the job the FEDS won't do.

The whine/excuse has been "no place to put them". Someone on FR posted that, if tents were good enough for our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, they were certainly good enough for illegals and criminals caught here in the US.

AMEN.

It if takes a tent city in every county, go for it!!!

[CindyDawg]

Huh. That's right down the street from a piece of property I'm looking at. Maybe I can get a better price:')

[coconutt2000]

The idea of a prison island hasn't been used in a long time. There are plenty of uninhabited islands where violent criminals can be sent to "colonize" and live however they want to. No cells, no walls - except those that they build themselves. Minimal and very tasteless food, unless they grow their own for variety.

I wonder how long it will take for criminals to beg to return to their nice, cozy prison cells, three meals a day, and no possibility of parole.

[Kakaze]

" If you build it for 10,000, Sheriff Omar, then the Texas state law will make you keep 1,000 beds free at all times! Idiotic"

If its a temporary facility the 10 % of free beds and tents would just have to be in storage not deployed. So you buy the extra and when you need to cycle out the used tents and cots for the new ones in reserve. You get a better deal by buying more to begin with and if needed you have gear to loan out during emergencies.

I say go for it.

[citizen]

If you build it for 10,000, Sheriff Omar, then the Texas state law will make you keep 1,000 beds free at all times! Idiotic!

So set up a tent big enough to hold 1000 cots set end to end and side to side. There would be no need for linens, latrines, dining tables or even security.

Some liberal judge wouldn't like that probably but it would be 1000 "free" beds.

[devane617]

I have been looking at buying a vacation home on South Padre Island, which is in Cameron County. I have decided to put off the purchase because of the escalating issues revolving around Illegals. I would estimate that it is 90% Hispanic in Cameron Count( Brownsville, TX ) and to communicate you need to know Spanish.

[no dems]

I'LL BUY A TENT!!!

[Trteamer]

Build the tent cities on the border. That way the inmates can work on building the wall.