Detaining immigrants has turned into a very lucrative growth industry
Earlier this month, Daniel Ragsdale, the second-in-command at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), confirmed he will be leaving his position to work at GEO Group, the nation's second-largest private prison company.
"While you may be losing me as a colleague, please know that I will continue to be a strong advocate for you and your mission," said Ragsdale in a farewell email to his ICE colleagues.
He's certainly not going far—GEO operates immigrant detention centers and will likely compete for a contract to run a new facility that will house up to 9,500 undocumented immigrants. (It was just given renewals on two existing contracts, to the tune of $664 million.) Ragsdale isn't the first to go from ICE to GEO, but his move underscored the close relationship between the federal agency tasked with detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants and the private prison industry that helps house those detained immigrants. As of last year, more than two-thirds of immigrant detainees were housed in private facilities.
Yep; saw that one.
Puzzle pieces do seem to be fitting into place, but of course we're getting a VERY small snippet via the media, and I'm sure not every piece fits as nicely as we'd like it to....
That settles it.....next Jester post or action dropping some major s*** Trump or Russia or ISIS or whatever: whomever starts that thread needs to entitle it: "TANGO DOWN: (insert blurb here)"
Puzzle pieces could certainly fit together that way, couldn't they?
AND, if Trump and his family really ARE in as much debt as has been implied, that's the kind of $$ they'd need to keep their shell game going. Of course, when you do not disclose your taxes, investments and financials, no one will know.
Mueller might know, if he determines it's worth obtaining by legal recourse (or already has access to) that information....
Hmmm....maybe THAT'S why we need to do silly things like bring out the Paris Accord - set the 8-track onto a different track....but eventually, it's gonna loop back around, cupcake!