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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDefense Contractors Cashing In on Immigrant Kids' Detention
Those contractorsincluding one with a history of scandalshave advertised a flurry of jobs in recent weeks to support the infrastructure surrounding undocumented children whom the Trump administration has taken from their families.
One of them, from Virginia-based MVM Inc., seeks a compliance coordinator to help in San Antonio with the rapid deployment of an Emergency Influx Shelter for unaccompanied children. As billed, the coordinator would ensure the childrens shelter met policies and procedures set by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement. MVM posted the job on its website this week.
MVM appears to believe its business is growing. A job posting on Indeed.com from 20 days ago advertises for youth care workers in anticipation of a contract award.
Matthew Kolken, an immigration attorney who frequently represents undocumented children, told The Daily Beast hes deeply concerned about these contractors childcare work.
Im guessing that in their mission statement, one of the central components isnt the care of refugee children, he said. It is mind-blowing that those types of industries would be even considered with respect to the care of children. Theyre not equipped to be able to do it. Would you want your child to be dropped off in their hands? I know I wouldnt.
One of them, from Virginia-based MVM Inc., seeks a compliance coordinator to help in San Antonio with the rapid deployment of an Emergency Influx Shelter for unaccompanied children. As billed, the coordinator would ensure the childrens shelter met policies and procedures set by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement. MVM posted the job on its website this week.
MVM appears to believe its business is growing. A job posting on Indeed.com from 20 days ago advertises for youth care workers in anticipation of a contract award.
Matthew Kolken, an immigration attorney who frequently represents undocumented children, told The Daily Beast hes deeply concerned about these contractors childcare work.
Im guessing that in their mission statement, one of the central components isnt the care of refugee children, he said. It is mind-blowing that those types of industries would be even considered with respect to the care of children. Theyre not equipped to be able to do it. Would you want your child to be dropped off in their hands? I know I wouldnt.
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Defense Contractors Cashing In on Immigrant Kids' Detention (Original Post)
cynatnite
Jun 2018
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Wwcd
(6,288 posts)1. Figures. Everything's for sale to the highest brown-nosed bidder
KCDebbie
(664 posts)2. They're providing the same services as the for-profit prison industry...
Undocumented residents is the newest revenue source for the industry!
When our highways start buckling and our bridges start collapsing, remember that the republicans decided to spend infrastructure $ on detaining undocumented residents and their children!
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)3. **THIS**!
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