A night's stay for an illegal immigrant in the country's largest taxpayer-funded detention center costs more than a room at the nearest Hilton Hotel, Daily Mail Online can reveal. The government shells out $231 every 24 hours to house just one of the 2,105 foreign detainees at The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, a small town 200 miles from the Mexican border.* That is more than a double room at the four-star Hilton Palacio del Rio 70 miles away in San Antonio, which costs $169.
Thanks for the spirited discussion. Small businesses and their impact on the economy are a far cry from the impact created by multinational corportations. MNCs are responsible for the flood of money in politics, the lack of responsiveness of elected officials, the ineffectiveness of regulatory legislation, a significant part of the decision to deploy the US military, the outsourcing of jobs, preferential taxation schemes that penalize work and privilege capital, etc... I'm sure this is a private corporation boondoggle. The centers wouldn't be necessary if those firms were harshly punished for hiring them. There would be no jobs and they would not come.
You're right, TDK. Taking into account the way the two parties split the white vote and the Dems' near-absolute lock on the black vote means that the party that gets 55-60%+ of the Latin vote wins the race.
Boondoggle aside -what about the tax burden? Btw, plenty of them come to America to live off the fat of this land. Our Welfare System > than theirs (aka mostly non-existent) Here's the center, with DHS seal.. The controversial center in Dilley, a town of just 3,650 people, was opened last May to accommodate an influx of families crossing the border and takes in around 40 immigrants every day. More than 500 protesters gathered outside when the doors opened and chanted 'shut it down'.* The facility, which costs more than $178million a year to run, forms part of the enormous network of facilities operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency which overseas the detention of illegal immigrants as an annual budget of $989million. Flat screen TVs, playgrounds and 24-hour snacks are a few of the amenities on offer inside. The 50-acre compound features 80 two-bedroom, one-bathroom cottages connected by dirt roads and newly laid grass sod. The cottages include bunk beds and cribs that can sleep up to eight, and a kitchen - although cooking is prohibited to prevent fires.* Food is served in a dining hall but, according to reports, many children have rejected the food.
In all honesty, I know maybe one (and I'm oversimplifying his family's story) out of the dozens of immigrants (from a variety of countries) that I am personally familiar with (including a few who are here illegally) who is receiving benefits. The vast majority are working 2-3 low-wage jobs. I'm sure there are plenty of bad apples out there, but that has not been my experience.
Factually, what you say here is true and should end the argument,.....but, AGAIN, the brethren on this forum want to stay in denial, they want earnestly to believe that since we share minority status with Hispanic immigrants, that we should automatically be in alliance with Hispanic immigrants........At the end of the day, we can understand, with some compassion, that they come to our country in search of a better life for their families,.... but there is no getting around the point that it is coming at a great cost to the indigenous needy who are being asked to share more from a limited pool of resources.......
If mexico were a White county they'd shit a brick.. You best believe they'd see the damage THEN. Latinos don't even work together with Blacks in prison....let alone the Countries they bail from. We allowed the issue of Illegal immigration to highjacked and turned into RACE issue,when in fact it is a LABOR issue,since they have full access to our job market. It is a HEALTH CARE issue since they arrive uninsured. It is an Education issue since they arrive uneducated and the corporate sponsored Supreme Court put us on the hook to educate them. It is a Retirement issue since they have open access to our retirement fund via fake SS#'s and the fake returns they are allowed to reap. It is standard of living issues since there is no plan on the books to send them home or even stop them from coming. Our infrastructure was not designed with an open border in mind. There is barely enough water for the current population,let alone all the children they are projected to shit out in the coming years. What is ours today with be theirs tomorrow. THIS WILL NOT END WELL.
Frankly we are losing the country to an invading horde that we (native born) will pay a price. By 2050 there will be a dramatic shift in demographics. If you think the invasion from the south will be intense, just wait until the Islamic population make inroads to radically change the country. The new norm is now in being. This will not change. I wonder what the white and black extremists going to do now that their power and influence will diminish in the year's to come. The traditional United States of past eras is dying. The dummies and stupid's who do not know anything or refuse to adapt to the new realities will be the first to be on the out looking in. Personally I could give a damn about them. What is important is a well informed segment of the population be aware of the tidal wave coming and prepare for it. I worry for my son and newborn coming. I'm determine to prepare them for the future as best the wife and I can make it possible for them.
There never will be an Islamic horde invading the U.S. via immigration. Crossing the border from South America is a bit different than getting on a jet from the ME and coming to this country. BTW, how many Muslims constitutes an 'islamic horde'??? Some of you need to re-read history from the 1970s, when it seemed there was an airliner being hijacked every WEEK by some radical islamic nationalist. Remember the Munich Olympics??? Be vigilant, of course. But stop talking scared.
The only invader is DROUGHT...Forget that 2050 shit. China is damn near out of water NOW.... so is India.....Mexico...Most of the Middle East....and.... AMERICA..! California is going through the worst drought in RECORDED HISTORY...and it's exploding population will guarantee it will never get better. Water levels in Nevada's Lake Mead will soon be below the Hoover Dam intakes,rendering the damn USELESS. Think about that for a while. You can just look at Arizona and New Mexico to see the condition they are in...but what about places like Houston. Houston is in shocking condition.She relies totally on groundwater since traditional sources have long been exhausted. It's OVER,when your only source of fresh water is beneath your feet. Aquifers are not to be relied upon,they are to be preserved, since they keep the ground from collapsing. Florida's Aquifers are at or below sea level,and WILL BE contaminated by sea water in the very near future. The planet adds 1 billion people EVERY 12 YEARS!.....While the supply of fresh water is drying up just as fast. Get all that 2050 shit out your mind now.
PLO first. Red Brigade, Baader-Meinhof and like-minded groups second. Cuban hijackings were predominant on this side of the world. Most UK bombings were IRA-related, but there were also European anarchists (see groups above) on the continent, etc.
I had a college classmate in the 1990s write a senior thesis about wars in the 21st century being fought over access to water. At the time I didn't see it or really get what he was talking about.:smt101:weedman: Now I do. Clean, drinkable water is the world's most precious resource. The global population has almost reached capacity for fresh water reserves. If you see a company who's investing in desalination technology in a big way, IMO invest.
Another factor has arisen in the recent years. Hydraulic fracking. That madness will greatly speed up ground water depletion..and contaminate the rest.