The Secret of Immigrant Economy

One morning in Harrington, Texas, the federal immigration court was crowded with restless minors. They were all arrested for crossing the border illegally.

In the hall, groups of adult men and women were whispering and waiting patiently for the end of the trial. However, they are not lawyers or family members. They are contractors who are responsible for sending these arrested minors to various shelters.

According to American law, adults and minors arrested for illegally crossing the border will be held in detention centers. Some of these detention centers are directly managed by * * *, such as border checkpoints, and some are run by * * * contractors, such as minors' shelters.

The New York Times disclosed that along the southwestern border of the United States, the business of receiving, transporting and supervising children and minors of illegal immigrants crossing the border illegally is actually a business with a scale of billions of dollars. Recently, under the "zero tolerance" policy of the United States, 2,300 children of illegal immigrants were forced to be separated from their parents, which also exposed this industry that most people don't know.

Large-scale refuge industry

Since 20 15, Southwest Key Programs, a non-profit organization in charge of running shelters, has won at least $955 million in federal contracts to provide related services such as accommodating children of illegal immigrants. In the same period, the international non-profit organization BCFS also won at least 6543.8+79 billion * * * contracts.

They are just two in the shelter industry. In Texas alone, more than a dozen contractors operate more than 30 shelters. In other 16 states, more than 100 shelters are operated by * * * contractors.