{"id":2220,"date":"2011-04-06T16:58:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T20:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/jails-reap-millions-off-us-illegal-alien-crackdown.html"},"modified":"2011-04-06T16:58:53","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T20:58:53","slug":"jails-reap-millions-off-us-illegal-alien-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/jails-reap-millions-off-us-illegal-alien-crackdown.html","title":{"rendered":"Jails Reap Millions Off U.S. Illegal Alien Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"Betty Liu reports for Bloomberg that\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/video\/67789854\/\">\nJails Reap Millions Off U.S. Illegal Alien Crackdown<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/video\/67789854\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5025\/5595760361_ee9580d60e_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe big winner in the crackdown on the illegal immiggration\nhas been the private prison industry.\nAs Bloomberg Business Week reports in its latest issue,\ncompanies such as Corrections Corporation of America\nare making millions.\nIn fact, CCA makes more money from detaining immigrants\nthan it does from any single U.S. state.\n<\/blockquote>\nShe goes on to mention CCA&#8217;s stock price has gone up by\na factor of ten since 9\/11.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<script src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.js?height=400&#038;autoplay=1&#038;embedCode=9lMnJiMjptbH6XR5m5NK2WJWnQccFY4s&#038;deepLinkEmbedCode=9lMnJiMjptbH6XR5m5NK2WJWnQccFY4s&#038;width=640\"><\/script>\n<br>\n<center><small>\nBloomberg&#8217;s Betty Liu reports, 18 March 2011. (Source: Bloomberg)\n<\/small><\/center>\n<p>\nThe source of the money CCA and its investors and executives are making?\nOur tax dollars!\n<p>\nWith all the additional\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/how-do-anti-amnesty-directives-equate-to-available-prison-labor-for-private-prisons.html\">\njail time, misdemeanors, and felonies in new state laws such as Arizona&#8217;s<\/a>,\nstates could catch up with the feds in paying CCA through the nose!\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Betty Liu reports for Bloomberg that Jails Reap Millions Off U.S. Illegal Alien Crackdown: The big winner in the crackdown on the illegal immiggration has been the private prison industry. As Bloomberg Business Week reports in its latest issue, companies such as Corrections Corporation of America are making millions. 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