Texas getting first immigrant lockup built under Trump

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Meredith Hoffman, Associated Press Updated 4:52 pm, Thursday, April 13, 2017


AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A private prison company has announced a $110 million federal contract to build the first new immigrant detention center under the Trump administration.

The GEO Group said Thursday the 1,000-bed detention center will be in Conroe, Texas, north of Houston. It's scheduled to open by December 2018.

The center coincides with President Donald Trump's promised expansion of immigration detention, part of a crackdown on immigrants in the country illegally.

With 41,000-plus immigrants detained, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement already has a record detention capacity.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Texas-getting-first-immigrant-lockup-built-under-11072145.php

[furtheradu]

1. K & R.

Thanks for the post.
Makes me sad tho.
Also, Conroe is an odd choice, mostly upscale, not exactly needing the "jobs" this may provide. Can't imagine those Conroe residents being pleased about it.

[duncang]

4. There's some po' folks areas also

And a whole lot of wooded areas around here. The Texas A&M University system owns and operates the Jones State Forest. The texas repub's are going for sale of part of the 1,722-acre property. That's one possible place, but there is a lot of already commercially available acreage around here.

[msongs]

2. big profits in concentration camps. big profits for trump Co and his buddies and kids nt

[Cryptoad]

3. Guess that was one of those ,,,,

no-bid Hailburton contracts?

[noneof_theabove]

5. for how much.....

the pumpkinfuhrer bilking the taxpayers....again [weekend golf on my dime].

$110,000,000 total / 1000 beds = $110,000 per bed.....WTF?

You can by a decent house for $110K, away from the "urban/suburban" rich folk clubs.

Of course DeVos does not want people understand number 3 times their paycheck, because they would call bullshit on just about every program there is and use the savings to feed the children at school.