Senate-approved immigration legislation could give billions to federal contractors

[octoberlib]

Enactment of the sweeping immigration bill now before Congress would yield billions of dollars in new and expanded federal contracts for a host of defense and tech companies.
The legislation, which cleared the Senate last week, would direct the government to buy everything from four new drone aircraft and 15 Blackhawk helicopters to night vision goggles and high tech surveillance systems.


Most of the new spending is included in a $38 billion border security amendment sponsored by Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) that was added to the bill in the hopes it would build GOP support in the Senate.
One Senate Democrat described the amendment as reading “like a Christmas wish list for Halliburton.”

“I am sure there are federal contracting firms high-fiving at the prospect of all of the spending demanded by some of our friends on the other side in this amendment,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said during the upper chamber’s consideration of the legislation.

http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/lobbying/308873-tech-defense-firms-eye-billions-in-immigration-contracts-#ixzz2XuMy8bNC

[MrSlayer]

1. More money for the greedy MIC.

That money will be "lost" or wasted and we'll never get value out of it because it's money spent on shit we do not need. Add that to the H--B visas that are going to undermine American workers and you have a recipe for disaster. This bill suck.

I hope the baggers kill it. Their reasons may be wrong but it's better for all of us if they do. "Our" guys are more than happy to fuck us.

[ohheckyeah]

2. OMG....

we're going to spend $38 billion to catch approximately 300,000 illegal immigrants?

In all, there were 327,577 illegal immigrant apprehensions in 2011, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. This is the lowest number since 1972, when there were 321,326. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the 2011 figure is a 53% drop from 2008, which it says indicates that fewer people are trying to cross the border.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/13/politics/fact-check-immigration

Of course, the real purpose is to enrich the 1%.

[dtom67]

3. Of course.....

we will have to cut Social Security to pay for it........