ICE Plans 'Mega Centers' as Humanitarian Crisis Explodes
ICE is reportedly planning to greatly expand detention capacity, designing 'mega centers' capable of holding 5,000 or more people. The Bloomberg piece, sourced from 'government officials,' paints this as a response to 'surging migration.' What it fails to highlight is the deliberate defunding of humanitarian processing resources that creates these 'surges,' pushing more people into a system
designed for profit. Remember, the private prison industry, which operates many ICE facilities, is notorious for lobbying efforts that push for stricter immigration policies and increased detention capacities. They don't just build prisons, they lobby to fill them. So, as the White House frets about 'the border crisis,' perhaps we should ask if it's a crisis of humanity, or a crisis of opportunity
for corporations cashing in on human misery. 'Mega centers' indeed – sounds less like a solution and more like a permanent business model for incarceration. One might wonder who's truly crossing the border for profit.