They aren’t just upset over rounding up illegal alien criminals, they’re also upset that all that government money isn’t coming their way so they can skim it off
Companies are making big bucks from immigration crackdowns
The exhibition hall of the annual Border Security Expo (BSE), held this month in Phoenix, Arizona, looked more like the set of a dystopian science-fiction film. Surveillance towers flashed brightly. Drones buzzed overhead. One company demonstrated a robotic dog designed to patrol borders. Another showed off a thermal camera that can detect movement kilometres away. On stage Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s “border czar”, praised the technology firms in attendance for helping to build “the most secure border in history”.
As the bustling trade fair demonstrated, the business of immigration enforcement is booming. Right-wing populists—and incumbents seeking to fend them off—are spending more on monitoring borders, tracking down those who have entered the country illegally, then detaining and deporting them. In America, Congress has approved roughly $170bn in cumulative additional funding for immigration enforcement until 2029. Even the European Union is ratcheting up spending. That is benefiting not only incumbent outsourcers, but also a wave of startups hoping to bring new technologies to the industry.
Border control is an area of particular interest for newcomers. Much of that business has tended to flow to large defence contractors and established security firms. Yet agencies across America and Europe have been simplifying procurement rules and running pilot programmes to allow new products to be tested and deployed more quickly, luring in startups.
As a result, what was once a labour-intensive system of patrol agents, radios and vehicles is turning into a digital-surveillance network. Governments increasingly rely on drones, radars, heat-detecting cameras and the like to monitor vast swathes of territory in real time. Such technologies reduce risks for agents and free them up for higher-value work, according to Steven Willoughby, an official at America’s Department of Homeland Security. Instead of relying on agents scouring remote terrain, authorities can now monitor deserts and coastlines from centralised command centres.
Well, awesome sauce! But, the one thing I would say is that I hope people are keeping an eye on the money and how it is being spent. And can’t rail about waste, graft, and fraud for all those Democrats and not worry about it for this. Any, let’s see, misspending by government is bad.
Much of the new tech being used at borders was originally developed for warfare. Anduril, a drone-maker that recently raised $5bn at a $61bn valuation, has a $363m contract with the US Border Patrol for autonomous surveillance systems. Shield AI, a rival, has won a $198m contract with the US Coast Guard, and is also deploying its drones on European borders. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the controversial agency that tracks down illegal immigrants already in America, has come to rely on software provided by Palantir, a data-analytics firm embedded in the Pentagon.
We need to do all this stuff because of things like this
Brookline Police decline ICE detainer for illegal immigrant tied to ‘safety concern’
The Brookline Police Department said it followed department policy in declining to cooperate with ICE after arresting an illegal immigrant later involved in a “public safety concern” during his apprehension by federal agents.
Chief Jennifer Paster in a Friday letter informed residents that local police arrested illegal immigrant Edual Ulloa, 25, on Tuesday following a traffic stop. He was charged with possession of a forged license plate, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, failure to stop for police, traffic offenses, and an outstanding warrant out of Natick District Court.
“The individual was processed through the normal criminal justice process and later released on bail,” Paster wrote.
“Prior to the individual’s release, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents provided the Brookline Police Department with an immigration detainer. In compliance with Brookline Police policy the individual was advised of the notice and a copy was placed into his property,” Paster continued in the letter posted to the department’s Facebook page.
All that and they still wouldn’t give him up to ICE. And then they wonder why they get surges into their towns.
Guess the good people in Brookline will just have have to wait for some innocent citizen to be robbed, raped, or murdered by this illegal before justice can be served.
Whatever, thanks Jennifer.
Puppy killa
You accused me of being a scofflaw for not paying taxes . I am not a scofflaw my earned income is less than required to file. The $5000 I receive from Pell grants each year is not taxable income. The $10000 I receive in student loans each year is debt @ 4% interest, not taxable income. When I graduate in 2029 I will begin repayment based on my income.
When you incorrectly call me a scofflaw for not paying taxes it shows how you can not make decisions based on knowledge but only on your emotional state. You are angry and sadz. It shows !
Lots and lots of Jews in Brookline the always vote liberal also they are rich as fuck
Brookline is one of the safest towns in one of the safest states in the USA
Median home value?? 1.7 million
Of course poor conservatives hate it!
Our national debt is rapidly approaching $40 TRIILLION or $114,102 for every American baby, child, man and woman. A family of four owes close to half a million bucks! And the debt is exploding. We’re spending about $1 BILLION a day on the Iran kerfuffle.
The trumps (and their grifter-class buddies) are lining their pockets at an astounding rate. The business of America is redistrbuting tax dollars from the working class to the billionaires and multimillionaires.
trump wants to up the military-industrial complex (MIC) allocation to $1.5 TRILLION a YEAR. Donny Jr and brother Earache are heavily invested there!! SIL Jared trump is scrounging Middle East Arab oil barons for BILLIONS.
A BILLION here (tRump Ballroom), MILLIONS there (Deflection Pool was $1.5 MIL but now $13 MILLION) and you’re soon talking real money. The Arc de tRump is estimated to cost $100 MILLION trumpbucks which of course will balloon to BILLIONS!!
Remember when President Carter was forced to divest himself of his $2 million peanut farm? Good times. Simpler times.
Gas is $4.52/gal* today. Hamburger averages $6.89/lb.
Why so expensive now? Trump-elevated costs in energy, fertilizers, and transportation directly raise the price of getting food to shelves. Trump-tariffs on imported foods (such as coffee, cocoa, and specific produce items) have spiked prices on staple goods. One third of grocery items have suffered from decreased product sizes without a corresponding drop in price, raising real per-ounce costs. Your 12 oz caviar today cost the same as 16 oz cost last year.
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* But gas is only $1.19/liter! So buy it in liters!! Save money!!
One recalls from not too long ago the daily bitching and moaning from Rimjob about the price of eggs…
Teach typed: “Democrats Upset Over Companies Making Money Off Stopping Illegal Immigration”
Mr trump had already stopped illegal immigration, no? We are paying private corporations BILLIONS to warehouse humans.
So stop warehousing illegals. Send them home. Every single one of them.
Deporting them is not cruel enough.
Also, we have laws on how to resolve legal status issues.
ICE thugs now hang out at courthouses where aliens are obeying the laws.
In Leviticus the Bible says we must treat strangers equally to citizens.
According to the latest Office of Government Ethics form 277-T, Trump made 3,642 stock trades between Jan 1 and March 31, 36 of them in the $1 million to $5 million range. Among those large trades were big purchases of stock from defense contractors Boeing and GE Aerospace.
Grifter Donny.
Kazakhstan has sent 30 railroad cars full of food and medical supplies to Iran. Should our War Minister order attacks on railroads and Kazakhstan?