DHS seeks contractor to run migrant detention facility at Gitmo, guards who speak Haitian Creole
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Source: MSNBC
WASHINGTON As it scrambles to deal with the surge of Haitian migrants at the southern border, the Biden administration is seeking a private contractor to operate a migrant detention facility at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, with a requirement that some of the guards speak Spanish and Haitian Creole, according to government records.
A little-known immigrant holding facility on the base has a capacity of 120 people, the records say, and it "will have an estimated daily population of 20 people," according to a solicitation for bids issued Friday by the Department of Homeland Security.
"The service provider shall be responsible to maintain on site the necessary equipment to erect temporary housing facilities for populations that exceed 120 and up to 400 migrants in a surge event," the contract solicitation says.
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Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)mdelaguna
(471 posts)Let them in.
elleng
(130,153 posts)Wish I had confidence that someone's thinking about things like this; this is the worst, imo, after, of course, guys recently on horseback.
ShazamIam
(2,559 posts)Lovie777
(11,992 posts)I'm for it.
70sEraVet
(3,430 posts)to house extra-judicial prisoners (that we shouldn't even have) just so they won't be on American soil! Shut down that stain on America's international reputation!
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Can we just ask for American sponsors, and we pay that home monthly. Isnt that cheaper?
Not all vitamin.D craving people are fearful.
Eugene
(61,595 posts)Guantanamo Bay is a sore spot for the entire region. They are going out of their way to piss everybody off.
IronLionZion
(45,259 posts)since that's where lots of Haitian-Americans live.
elleng
(130,153 posts)PLEASE
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)might reveal the fear of the image of large numbers of Haitian immigrants entering the US. It might also show the determination to make it 100% clear to Haitians that not only will they be unsuccessful in entering the US, but by trying, their situation may become worse.
Also, perhaps the administration is being influenced by what is happening in Europe:
In one of the biggest mass expulsions in decades, European countries, supported by EUs border agency Frontex, has systematically pushed back refugees, including children fleeing from wars, in their thousands, using illegal tactics ranging from assault to brutality during detention or transportation.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/may/05/revealed-2000-refugee-deaths-linked-to-eu-pushbacks
Frankly I think the Biden administration's policy is in-line with mainstream American views, and that might explain everything.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)The forum hosts consensus is that this is not sufficiently important news as required by the LBN SOP, but feel free to repost in General Discussion if youd like.