US preparing for massive domestic internment

January 31st, 2006 at 21:50 Björn Hallberg

There is now widespread speculation over what the US government is preparing for and why they would suddenly need these emergency capabilities. The press release is eerie enough.

Friends of Liberty - KBR, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton Co, (HAL), said Tuesday it has been awarded a contingency contract from the Department of Homeland Security to supports its Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in the event of an emergency. The maximum total value of the contract is $385 million and consists of a 1-year base period with four 1-year options. KBR held the previous ICE contract from 2000 through 2005. The contract, which is effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to expand existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations Program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs, KBR said. The contract may also provide migrant detention support to other 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, the company said.

Like they go on to point out, the entire scheme seems woefully inadequate for doing what it claims to. I.e. curbing so called illegal immigration. Why would there be a massive influx of immigrants and why would the borders not function? If there happened to be a virtual exodus from Mexico, wouldn’t the US put up an iron curtain along its border? Wouldn’t that by definition mean a domestic operation? And during what sort of natural disaster would you want to intern people instead of helping them? I guess the last question is more of a rhetorical one since we all saw what sort of assistance was offered to the residents of New Orleans. Armed mercs and riot police prowling the streets while people died of neglect.

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