ICE wastes $16M on Guantanamo Bay operation as all migrants returned to US
ICE wastes $16M on Guantanamo Bay operation as all migrants returned to US
Democrat Sara Jacobs told ABC News that officials at Guantanamo Bay said it cost $16 million to stand up the migrant camp.
Summary
The Trump administration spent $16 million setting up a migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, but all detained migrants have since been transferred to Louisiana.
Trump had planned to detain up to 30,000 undocumented immigrants at the base, but reports indicate no clear plan for such an expansion.
Lawmakers criticized the effort as costly and inefficient. The ACLU called it illegal and unnecessary.
With no further migrant transfers planned, some U.S. troops sent to Guantanamo may be reassigned to border operations.
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Jacobs told ABC News that officials at Guantanamo Bay said it cost $16 million to stand up the migrant camp, noting that each tent allegedly cost $3.1 million to construct, despite not being up to DHS standards.
U.S. officials told ABC News the tents did not comply with ICE's requirements for migrant detention, including provisions for air-conditioning and other amenities.
How much is this tent? 3 million? Wow. Okay. It’s got air conditioning, though, right? No? Oh. How much is that one- y’know what, nevermind.
What the fuck
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This is a tent built to house thousands of people. In a remote location where the manufacturers are across and an ocean. 3 mill might be a bit high but the numbers start adding up.
Don't believe me, see you at the next fire festival.
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It sure doesn’t look like it. https://archive.ph/a4ke2 (NYT archived article)
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Yikes, yeah, I'm dumb.
I'm just mathing here real quick:
3 mill per tent at 16million in waste is 5ish tents.
Then like maybe 10 cots per tent is like 50 peoples.
So there's gotta be more to it.
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... gotta be more to it.
Probably a bunch of mini-grifting along the way. As you said, it can add up.
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I mean it says right there those are images from a month ago. I dunno, I don't feel like I have the full story yet, at least.
Flip side. Thank God. The idea of detention camps at gitmo definitely kept me up for a few nights.
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