US Eyes 'Amazon Warehouses' for Migrants, Calls Them 'Facilities'
The next logistical triumph for the US government? Turning people into packages. NBC reports the US is brainstorming 'mega processing centers' near deportation airports, designed for high-volume intake and rapid returns. This isn’t a new idea, of course; the US has a long, illustrious history of 'optimizing' human detention, from Japanese internment camps to current overcrowded Border Patrol
facilities. We've just learned to call them 'solutions' rather than 'human rights violations.' One might wonder if former Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is consulting. These 'facilities' will, undoubtedly, be hailed as efficient border management. Yet, the language itself reveals the underlying truth: treating desperate people as inventory to be sorted. Don't worry, the contracts will be lucrative, likely
flowing to the same private prison corporations like GEO Group and CoreCivic, who collectively raked in over $300 million from ICE in 2021 alone, according to official ICE budget documents. The profit motive ensures these 'solutions' keep processing, regardless of the human cost. Efficiency, after all, is a virtue—especially when it's publicly funded and privately profited.