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BumRushDaShow

(146,207 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 09:14 AM Thursday

Trump Eyes Military Prisons to Expand Immigration Detention

Source: Newsweek

Published Jan 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM EST


President Donald Trump's plans to deport "millions and millions" of immigrants hinge on securing significant funding for detention facilities, including military prisons. With an estimated 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., current Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funding supports only about 41,000 detention beds.

The Trump administration has not disclosed how many more beds would be required or the overall cost.

Why It Matters

The push to expand detention infrastructure signals a major shift in U.S. immigration policy, with implications for human rights, federal spending, and the private prison industry. Critics argue that detaining undocumented immigrants on such a large scale risks creating a hyper-militarized system that could worsen safety and compliance issues within detention facilities.

The financial demands are enormous, with detention beds costing approximately $165 per day per adult. Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has estimated substantial costs for deportation logistics, including air transportation. The involvement of the military under Trump's emergency edict has sparked debate about its affect on national readiness.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-eyes-military-prisons-expand-immigration-detention-2019444

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Trump Eyes Military Prisons to Expand Immigration Detention (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Thursday OP
So now magats who won't support public funds 3825-87867 Thursday #1
So cut grandma's Medicaid and end public broadcasting...... JohnnyRingo Thursday #2
And military bases........................ Lovie777 Thursday #3
The high cost of racism against people of color. Frank D. Lincoln Thursday #4
I called this weeks ago kerouac2 Thursday #5
Is each one going to have " Arbeit macht frei" written over the gates? Ray Bruns Thursday #6
Don't military bases have a no fly zone? Chakaconcarne Thursday #7
With the amount of drones johnnyfins Thursday #13
About a million people are deported every year in the USA. He is BSing again. Jacson6 Thursday #8
Bingo PortTack Thursday #15
" deportation logistics " speak easy Thursday #9
Time to pay attention folks... Juneboarder Thursday #10
With TSF's cadre charged with expanding detention centers... EarthFirst Thursday #11
Military prisons? AverageOldGuy Thursday #12
This should be interesting Postal Grunt Thursday #14

3825-87867

(1,192 posts)
1. So now magats who won't support public funds
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 09:19 AM
Thursday

that can support abortion have no problem with paying MUCH MORE to support prisons to house people who more than 90% of the time, help feed the same Americans who want them gone!
Makes sense in a hitlerian sort of way!

JohnnyRingo

(19,556 posts)
2. So cut grandma's Medicaid and end public broadcasting......
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 09:22 AM
Thursday

... and hand a blank check for locking up brown people.
This sounds like the most republican thing I've heard so far today.

Lovie777

(15,942 posts)
3. And military bases........................
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 09:38 AM
Thursday

so many concentration camps, oh my. Also, SS, Medicare, and MediCal/Medicaid the working class pays for.

But it seems like taking away those duly paid for programs by the working class will be defer to camps that will in fact be hell holes.

Nazi 101.

Frank D. Lincoln

(866 posts)
4. The high cost of racism against people of color.
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 09:45 AM
Thursday

Trump couldn't care less about white undocumented immigrants.

kerouac2

(868 posts)
5. I called this weeks ago
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 09:47 AM
Thursday

And also said they would figure out a way to make them work off the cost in the fields picking crops. Kinda like slaves only not just kinda, actually slaves ...

johnnyfins

(1,610 posts)
13. With the amount of drones
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:58 PM
Thursday

and cameras readily available? They won't be able to hide anything at already existing sites. This isnt 1940. There is too much tech in the hands of everyday people.

Jacson6

(994 posts)
8. About a million people are deported every year in the USA. He is BSing again.
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 10:27 AM
Thursday

Leavenworth is where convicted military prisoners are kept. They have local holding cells at military bases, but they only hold a few dozen people at the most.

Juneboarder

(1,741 posts)
10. Time to pay attention folks...
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 11:17 AM
Thursday

Trump is rapidly moving us towards a fascist, authoritarian country. This will not be viewed well by most of the world, and this will most definitely not end well.

EarthFirst

(3,333 posts)
11. With TSF's cadre charged with expanding detention centers...
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 11:34 AM
Thursday

…expect that figure to head north of $200 per day; and the quality of the facility and care to diminish drastically.

They’ll profit billions off the misery of TSF’s immigration policies…

AverageOldGuy

(2,366 posts)
12. Military prisons?
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:36 PM
Thursday

I'm aware of one military prison -- the prison at Ft Leavenworth, KS.

Other military bases have small stockades where incarcerated service members are held awaiting trial or transport to Leavenworth. But the idea that we have huge military prisons all over the place is simply not true.

Postal Grunt

(237 posts)
14. This should be interesting
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 02:57 PM
Thursday

As a resident of Leavenworth, KS who lives less than two miles from Ft Leavenworth, any moves to place detainees would be met with immense skepticism by local residents. Detainees wouldn't be placed in the military prison and building a detention facility would be difficult. Ft Leavenworth is home to the families of students at the Command and General Staff College located there and such construction would draw the attention of congresscritters. Unless the building site will takeover Sherman Army Air Field, there isn't much flat space to build a large detention area. If they did take over SAAF, they would have plan for the possibility of flooding from the nearby Missouri River. Then there's the problem of the access roads to SAAF. Much of the traffic would have to go through residential areas which have only two lane streets. Maybe there's another area that they could carve up for their purpose but it wouldn't be cheap and it wouldn't be fast. Perhaps the uninformed souls who would advocate using Ft Leavenworth should visit the actual location and inquire about the logistics involved before they stake their careers on such a decision.

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