Two birds with one stone: making a profit on detention centers

Common Dreams reported that Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), a Halliburton subsidiary, had been awarded a contract to build "temporary detention and processing" centers for immigration control and enforcement (ICE) , to supplement existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations Program facilities in case of an "emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs." The article quoted directly from Halliburton's press release announcing the $385 million contract on its web site. Somehow, the document is no longer available at the Halliburton site. Lots of other links work, but not that one.

So, having overcharged the U.S. and Iraqi governments for its services in Iraq, Dick Cheney's [former] firm can overcharge us to round up immigrants into camps if the administration declares martial law. For more on the corporate gravy train here and in Britain, look here.

They're equal opportunity exploiters, though, avoiding health insurance benefits for American workers and abusing "third party nationals" in addition to bilking Iraq and the U.S.