The latest in the scandal over private prisons and police is regarding the ICE immigration department which is the largest department in the Homeland Security or DHS. It was set up after 9/11 and it has that mentality today. Illegal immigrants are being taken and hidden in secret prisons and no one can find out about them. No due process, visibility or anything. And there are deaths related to the incarcerations.
What is even more disturbing is the lack of attention to this story. Judging by the comments on these articles, one would assume that this would be the main subject of the Sunday news programs but it is not. The number one story is a congressman calling Obama light skinned. Whoa! Now that is really serious business.
We have a secret police and prisons in America and no one is saying boo. It is no wonder kids are talking about how bad this country has become and thinking about living in another country. Mexico is starting to look more democratic than the US! Certainly Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand would be.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/us/10detain.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/nyregion/10detainside.html
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100104/stevens