Thread by @arapaho415

@ALT_uscis @metaquest 1/ Included in @ALT_uscis <thread> is this: cc: @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217

https://twitter.com/ALT_uscis/status/1043675665986465792

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 2/ Conveniently enough, Congress is "working" to keep the gov't open with "a 'continuing resolution' that would fund federal agencies through Dec. 7. ICE asked Congress to include the $1 billion increase in the continuing resolution." (more...)

https://twitter.com/mariasacchetti/status/1040377955116040194

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 3/ "... immigration officials said they need the extra money to cover rising costs associated with arrests and deportations. Officials say this year they’ve detained an average of 43,000 immigrants a day, slightly more than Congress authorized in the current budget. (con't)

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 4/ About 44 percent of those deported as of June 30 had no criminal records, according to data maintained by ICE."

ICE plans to "add more than 2,000 detention center beds on top of 38,000 adult beds it predicted it would need in its initial budget request for the year. (con't)

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 5/ Those beds cost an additional $93 million above the allocated budget...The number of detained migrant children in federally contracted shelters has also increased, growing fivefold in the past year, The New York Times reported Wednesday. (con't)

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 6/ ICE also expanded two kinds of flight operations as part of its removal program, increasing the cost of the already $369 million program by $107 million. Its daily air charter services alone increased by 28 percent this year." (more...)

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 7/ Unless ICE is seriously worried about Canadian refugees, why would it build detention centers in Michigan?
From Oct 24, 2017 (after conclusion of #ZeroTolerance pilot program):
"(ICE) is looking to establish a new detention center in the Detroit-area."

https://twitter.com/Fraochs/status/1043681024599883776

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 8/ MLive Oct 24, 2017 article concludes "ICE is also looking for sites around Chicago, St. Paul, and Salt Lake City."
This is what happened in Michigan (DeVos/Erik Prince home state) when #ZeroTolerance was implemented this Spring:

https://twitter.com/arapaho415/status/1009292380783050752

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 9/ And of course, there's always *this* possibility...
Article from Jun 2018:

https://twitter.com/7im/status/1011259321240334342

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 10/ The planning for separation of families at our southern border began less than two weeks after Jan 20, 2017. Here's 28-tweet mega<thread> from Jul 2018, prompted by spectacular detective work by @rkfatheree (see next tweet for unrolled thread link):

https://twitter.com/arapaho415/status/1017265661888753665

@ALT_uscis @metaquest @SpicyFiles @equalandallied1 @rkfatheree @ThomasS4217 11/ Unrolled <thread> from previous tweet:

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1017542383091830785