"The United States government has begun construction of a multibillion-dollar detention camp system in the newest phase of Stephen Miller's mass deportation strategy. The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two megawarehouses to be converted into 8,000-to-10,000-bed detention centers, with reported plans to buy and convert more than a dozen other warehouses for "processing" masses of new detainees. On this week's Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick discussed, with journalist Andrea Pitzer, the clear and chilling picture of what the Trump administration is building."
"In the first Trump administration, the White House wanted to prioritize the kinds of optics that signaled that it could go after anybody at any time. That led to a sort of a Keystone Cops approach, and so the numbers of people deported were in fact lower than under Barack Obama. But the optics of things like family separations and the deliberate cruelty were really apparent."
The United States is constructing a multibillion-dollar detention camp system tied to Stephen Miller's mass deportation strategy. The Department of Homeland Security has purchased megawarehouses to convert into 8,000-to-10,000-bed detention centers and reportedly plans to acquire and retrofit more warehouses for processing large numbers of detainees. Past immigration enforcement prioritized harsh optics such as family separations, producing deliberate cruelty even when deportation numbers fell. The administration adapted by planning more strategically to build larger, more permanent infrastructure. The returning administration continues some chaotic practices while pursuing expanded detention capacity.
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