American concentration camps

On January 24, 2006, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) component awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contingency contract to Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) to "support ICE facilities in the event of an emergency"&mdash;in essence, American concentration camps&mdash;Business Wire reported.

"With a maximum total value of $385 million over a five-year term, consisting of a one-year based period and four one-year options, the competitively awarded contract will be executed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. KBR held the previous ICE contract from 2000 through 2005." 

"The contract, which [was] effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to augment existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) Program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs. The contingency support contract provides for planning and, if required, initiation of specific engineering, construction and logistics support tasks to establish, operate and maintain one or more expansion facilities.

"The contract may also provide migrant detention support to other U.S. Government organizations in the event of an immigration emergency, as well as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency, such as a natural disaster. In the event of a natural disaster, the contractor could be tasked with providing housing for ICE personnel performing law enforcement functions in support of relief efforts," Business Wire wrote.

Construction 2006
KBR is constructing "a huge facility at an undisclosed location to hold tens of thousands of Bush's 'unlawful enemy combatants,'" Marjorie Cohn wrote in AlterNet, October 9, 2006. "Americans are certain to be among them."

The Military Commissions Act of 2006, passed September 29, 2006, "provides the basis for the President to round-up both aliens and U.S. citizens he determines have given material support to terrorists," Cohn wrote.

Related SourceWatch Resources

 * Establishing martial law in the United States
 * global detention system
 * Hurricane Katrina's Displaced Persons: Forced Evacuation? Forced Detention?
 * illegal immigration
 * Operation FALCON
 * presidential signing statements
 * prison-industrial complex
 * Rex-84
 * Unitary Executive Theory

Undated

 * Mary Louise, "Plans for Civilian Internment: Stalag 17 American Style," TedGunderson.com, undated.
 * Carl Jensen, "Civilian Detention Camps," PBN News, undated.
 * FEMA and Rex 84, Texas State University web, undated.

2002

 * John O. Edwards, "FEMA Preparing for Mass Destruction Attacks on Cities," NewsMax, July 15, 2002: FEMA "has already notified vendors, contractors and consultants that it needs to be prepared to handle the logistics of aiding millions of displaced Americans who will flee from urban areas that may be attacked. ... The agency plans to create emergency, makeshift cities that could house hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans who may have to flee their urban homes if their cities are attacked." Draft FEMA Bid Notice posted by NewsMax.
 * Niraj Warakoo, "Rights panelist foresees internment push. Arabs tell of abuses," Knight Ridder News Service, July 20, 2002.
 * James Ridgeway, "Ethics, Ethnics Both Under Fire. The Martial Plan," Village Voice, July 24-30, 2002.
 * Ritt Goldstein, "Foundations are in place for martial law in the US," Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), July 27, 2002.
 * Christopher Ruddy, "FEMA’s Plan for Mass Destruction Attacks: Of Course It’s True," NewsMax, August 7, 2002.
 * Jonathan Turley, "Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft's Hellish Vision. Attorney general shows himself as a menace to liberty," Los Angeles Times (Truthout), August 14, 2002.
 * Anita Ramasastry, "FindLaw Forum: Why Ashcroft's plan to create internment camps for alleged enemy combatants is wrong," CNN, September 4, 2002.
 * "Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft's Hellish Vision," Los Angeles Times (prisonplanet.com), August 14, 2002.
 * Nat Hentoff, "General Ashcroft's Detention Camps. Time to Call for His Resignation," Village Voice, September 4-10, 2002.

2003

 * "Concentration Camps in Okanagon County?" KXLY News (Spokane, Washington), February 27, 2003.
 * "FEMA Concentration Camps: Locations and Executive Orders," Utah Indymedia, July 26, 2003. Scroll down the article for state-by-state listing of camps' locations.

2004

 * "FEMA Concentration Camps: Locations and Executive Orders," Friends of Liberty (The Awakening News), September 3, 2004 (update).

2005

 * Jennifer Loven, "Bush considers using military against avian flu outbreak," Associated Press (USA Today), October 4, 2005.

2006

 * Katherine Hunt, "KBR awarded Homeland Security contract worth up to $385M," MarketWatch.com, January 24, 2006.
 * "Homeland Security To Build Detention Camps In The United States," Business Wire, January 25, 2006.
 * "Halliburton Building Concentration Camps," SPLOID, February 6, 2006.
 * Tom Hennessy, "Haliburton concentration camps?" RINF.com, February 7, 2006.
 * Peter Dale Scott, "Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps," Pacific News Service, February 8, 2006.
 * Nat Parry, "Bush's Mysterious 'New Programs'," Consortium News (AlterNet), February 23, 2006: "Is the Pentagon building U.S.-based prison camps for Muslim immigrants? Evidence points to the possibility."
 * Peter Dale Scott, "10-Year U.S. Strategic Plan For Detention Camps Revives Proposals From Oliver North," Global Research, February 28, 2006 (Pacific News Service, February 21, 2006).
 * Clancy Sigal, "Feds Schedule $385 Million Concentration Camp To Be Built By Halliburton Subsidiary. Dachau's 73rd 'Grand Anniversary' Celebrated," CounterPunch, March 16, 2006.
 * "Does the War on Terror Justify American Concentration Camps?" Democracy Forums, April 1, 2006; also posted on Free Republic website.
 * Bill Weinberg, "Halliburton wins concentration camp contract," World War 4 Report, May 8, 2006.
 * Marjorie Cohn, "American Prison Camps Are on the Way," AlterNet, October 9, 2006.