Defense Contractors Cashing In On Immigrant Kids' Detention
I would so not be surprised if Sessions had a financial connection to these contractors.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/defense-contractors-cashing-in-on-immigrant-kids-detention?ref=home
Defense Contractors Cashing In On Immigrant Kids Detention
A scandal-plagued company that used to work for the CIA is poised to profit off the influx of immigrant children being forcibly separated from their parents.
Betsy Woodruff
Spencer Ackerman
06.14.18 7:45 PM ET
Separating refugee and immigrant children from their parents isnt just an emotionally wrenching policy. Its an enterprise that is benefitting intelligence and defense contractors.
Those contractorsincluding one with a history of scandalshave advertised a flurry of jobs in recent weeks to support the infrastructure surrounding undocumented children whom the Trump administration has taken from their families.
One of them, from Virginia-based MVM Inc., seeks a compliance coordinator to help in San Antonio with the rapid deployment of an Emergency Influx Shelter for unaccompanied children. As billed, the coordinator would ensure the childrens shelter met policies and procedures set by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement. MVM posted the job on its website this week.
MVM appears to believe its business is growing. A job posting on Indeed.com from 20 days ago advertises for youth care workers in anticipation of a contract award.
Matthew Kolken, an immigration attorney who frequently represents undocumented children, told The Daily Beast hes deeply concerned about these contractors child care work.
Im guessing that in their mission statement, one of the central components isnt the care of refugee children, he said. It is mind-blowing that those types of industries would be even considered with respect to the care of children. Theyre not equipped to be able to do it. Would you want your child to be dropped off in their hands? I know I wouldnt.
Because of a new Justice Department zero-tolerance policy toward people entering the country illegally, parents caught bringing their children to the United Statesincluding those seeking asylumare automatically arrested and detained pending immigration court proceedings. Previously, some parents were let out on bond, often with ankle monitors. Hundreds and hundreds of children have been separated from their newly detained parents since the policy change. The children enter the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. ORR puts the children in shelters or foster care. This is where the contractors come in: to help ORR with the logistics of caring for these children. The shelters that house children appear to be operating above capacity.