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February 07, 2006

"This Old Detention House! sponsored by...

... Pillage, Burn & Loot!" From Orcinus:

A Houston-based construction firm with ties to the White House has been awarded an open-ended contract to build immigration detention centers that could total $385 million, a move some critics called questionable.

The contract calls for KBR, a subsidiary of oil engineering and construction giant Halliburton, to build temporary detention facilities in the event of an "immigration emergency," according to U.S. officials.

"If, for example, there were some sort of upheaval in another country that would cause mass migration, that's the type of situation that this contract would address," said Jamie Zuieback of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"Essentially, this is a contingency contract."

They make their contingency plans; I make mine.

KBR is notorious for shoddy construction standards. Escape should be no challenge at all.

Posted by Jeff at February 7, 2006 01:57 PM