While there has been an ongoing expansion of immigrant detention centers in the United States for nearly two decades, the government recently allocated $38.3 billion to put that on hyperdrive in order to add the capacity to detain 92,000 more people. The government is purchasing warehouses in communities across the US and even considering using military bases. Clearing the FOG speaks with journalist Sam Carliner about the expansion, who is being detained, the appalling conditions in these prisons, who is profiting and how communities are organizing to stop what are essentially concentration camps.
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Sam Carliner is a journalist covering U.S. foreign policy, militarism, immigration, and social movements. His writing has appeared in Teen Vogue, Responsible Statecraft, Middle East Eye, Truthout, Mondoweiss, Waging Nonviolence, and other publications. He is also an editor at Left Voice, part of the La Izquierda Diario international news network.
