Haitians crossing illegally into the U.S. via the Mexican border could wind up in an Ohio prison under a federal plan to accommodate them pending immigration hearings.
The Department of Homeland Security is negotiating with the operators of the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center to lease space to house an anticipated influx of Haitian illegal immigrants, according to the Wall Street Journal. Officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of DHS, expect thousands from the impoverished island nation to cross across the U.S.’s southwestern border from Mexico.
The proposed use of the prison, which is operated by private company CoreCivic, has met opposition in the Buckeye State.
“Incarcerating thousands of immigrants in a private prison before deporting them is unjust and allowing a corporation to profit from it is a travesty,” said Mike Brickner, senior policy director of the ACLU of Ohio, said in a statement.
The ALCU calls negotiations between DHS and CoreCivic — which was known until recently as Corrections Corporation of America — troubling, considering it was just two months ago that the Department of Justice announced that they would end their use of private prisons after evidence of widespread abuse was found.
“The DHS’s decision to partner with private prisons sends a horrible message about profiteering at the expense of individuals seeking asylum,” Brickner said. “During ICE detention, these people have been subject to abuse and mistreatment. Incentivizing private companies to detain people for profit only exacerbates our criminal justice system problems. To allow more people to be incarcerated for a profit in Ohio sends our state in the wrong direction.”
DHS is also looking to lease similar spaces at facilities in New Mexico, Colorado and Texas.
Officials say they have room to fulfill DHS’ request.
“The facility currently houses inmates for the U.S. Marshals Service, but does have additional available capacity,” read a statement provided by CoreCivic to FoxNews.com.
Officials for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return requests for comment.
The surge is due to thousands of Haitian nationals who fled their country after the devastating earthquake in 2010 for South America and have taken the past several years to slowly make their way to the U.S. border. Over 5,000 Haitians have reached the U.S. Southern Border. According to the Journal, when these immigrants present themselves at ports of entry looking for asylum they are then turned over to ICE and are held before any possible deportation.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said back in September that it was widening efforts to deport Haitians, in response to the large influx.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana testified to Congress at the time that other governments told her on a recent trip to Central America that 40,000 Haitians were on their way and called it an “emergency situation” on California’s border. She said the estimate of people on their way contributed to the policy shift, as did changing conditions in Haiti.
The move lifted previous special protections that shielded Haitians from deportation after the earthquake.
“… an anticipated influx of Haitian illegal immigrants,…”
If it’s ANTICIPATED, then why can’t it BE STOPPED? Send ’em back the way they came, it’s much cheaper.
“Officials for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return requests for comment.”
The king’s men… they’re SPESHUL!
They don’t do requests.
Just as I’ve always suspected. The DHS (and the U.S. Marshals apparently) is a privately owned subsidiary and only does work for the govt. on a contractual basis.
My bet the owner of the subsidiary is Untied Nations Inc.. Which is probably a subsidiary of the IMF and BIS. Which themselves are probably just subsidiaries of WeOwnItAll Ltd. Which is a subsidiary of It’sAllMineServices Corp.
It’sAllMineServices…..IAMS……..That’s it! IAMS pet food is the enemy!
I doped it out all by myself!
I’m coming for you IAMS pet food.
House them in the Clinton family home in part of repayment to Haitian aid the Clinton’s stoled.
“Incarcerating thousands of immigrants in a private prison before deporting them is unjust and allowing a corporation to profit from it is a travesty,”
It’s NOT unjust.. its the law. They’re felons upon arrival, you twit.
But of course, this is all being done for the profits of the prison industry, and they’re not going to deport them. They’ll be your new neighbors, waiting for an opportunity to molest your children… if the Mexican wetbacks don’t get ’em first.
A TRE is coming to a neighborhood near you .. especially when they release these criminals
(TRE target rich environment)
The explosion of crime will be exactly as they planned , and so many of the sheeple are completely oblivious
If they hurry with the project, they can get a half dozen voting booths in the prison before Tuesday.