by smallpoxgirl » Fri 03 Feb 2006, 12:27:15
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('coyote', 'L')et's take Halliburton at their word at the moment, and believe that these huge camps are there to be prepared "in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S." Why is the administration suddenly worried about that?
Well...I think the Halliburton press release says it all:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he contract may also provide migrant detention support to other U.S. Government organizations in the event of an immigration emergency, as well as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency, such as a natural disaster. In the event of a natural disaster, the contractor could be tasked with providing housing for ICE personnel performing law enforcement functions in support of relief efforts.
ICE was established in March 2003 as the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. ICE is comprised of four integrated divisions that form a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities.
This isn't just about an "immigration emergency". It's about Immigrations assuming "law enforcement functions" in a "national emergency" to support "a number of key homeland security priorities".
I think it bears mentioning that as part of the cointelpro program the FBI maintained an "Agitator Index" throughout the 50's, 60's, and 70's. This was a list of domestic political undesirables who were to be picked up and held in the event of a "national emergency." The FBI was ordered to cease and decist from cointelpro after the Senate's Church Commission hearings in 1976, but it's pretty clear that many of the same individuals who carried out cointelpro are still employed by the FBI and are still carrying out the same sort of activities just under different program names. The JTTF's have been heavily used in this way. So, I would be willing to bet that at least part of the plan for the new concentration camp is to have someplace to put domestic rabble rousers during the next "national emergency."