Once again I have to ask why we are wasting our money housing immigrants instead of spending the money sensibly to stem the tide at the border? Why can we not deport the ones already here in an expedient manner instead of forcing citizens to bear the cost of housing them while deportation cases drag on for months and years? This is what we are putting our great-grandchildren in debt to pay for?? Outrageous!
A well-developed plan for a massive Pike County federal detention center is one of three finalists being considered by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to county Commissioner Harry Forbes.
Two other proposed locations — in York County, Pa., and Essex County, N.J. — are being considered for the 2,256-bed center to house illegal immigrants, Forbes said. The winning location may be announced in the next two weeks.
A similar proposal by a different prison provider, GEO Group, to place such a center in Northampton County was recently scrapped.
In Pike County, officials are partnering with Corrections Corporation of America, a large national private prison provider. CCA and Pike officials presented plans to federal authorities on Oct. 22, Forbes said.
Between 450 and 600 jobs would be created locally if the detention center is placed in Pike. Immigration officials would transfer an additional 200 workers to the Pike facility, according to Forbes.
CCA-drawn indoor and outdoor renderings show the proposed facility would dwarf the existing Pike County Correctional Facility on a bordering lot. The detention center would be at the corner of Route 739 and Pike County Boulevard in Blooming Grove Township.
Nationally, CCA houses approximately 75,000 offenders and detainees in more than 60 facilities, with a total bed capacity of more than 80,000, according to its website. The company, which is more than 25 years old, partners with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as states and local municipalities.
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