Texas ICE Express: The New Private Detention Highway or Just a Wild Goose Chase?
ICE is planning a Texas-sized transportation grid for moving detainees across the Lone Star State. With 254 counties involved, it’s like a high-stakes version of Uber, but with fewer snacks and more paperwork. The idea is to create a shadow logistics network for immigration enforcement, turning it into a streamlined, private-sector operation.
Hot Take:
ICE is turning Texas into a giant game of human pinball, where immigrants bounce from one county to another in a privately-run system that’s more complex than trying to explain the plot of Inception to your grandma! Who knew transportation could be this dystopian?
Key Points:
- ICE is planning a privately-run transportation system for immigrant detainees across Texas.
- The proposal involves using private security firms to handle detainee transfers with armed contractors.
- Each of Texas’s 254 counties will have its own transport hub, manned around the clock.
- The system is part of a broader strategy to expand immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
- Local authorities are increasingly integrated into immigration enforcement through the 287(g) program.
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