Posted on 07/16/2010 7:00:13 PM PDT by AuntB
Edited on 07/16/2010 7:02:15 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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more proof
So much for those “Latin lovers”!/s;)
Well done.
LOL thanks i needed that.
Same day, hour, minute and second...
That can’t happen very often here...
AuntB I can only hope this article is true. That has to send some more folks who were teetering over the edge against the current group in power.
Too hard to contemplate...
Serious and disgusting article, but lots of laughs from FReeper’s comments.
LOL.
ROTFLOL.
LOLOLOLLOL
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
LOL.
LOLOLOL.
This is so wrong. If for no other reason, we can’t trust our own gov’t.
This must not be allowed to go forward.
CONTACT YOUR US REPS:
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
It sucks.
Of all the threads available for you to hijack, why this one?
I saw one of those lying on the ground beside a grungy but good food mex restaurant once.
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