Northampton County Exec Tara Zrinski is calling on developers to refuse to lease any warehouse or industrial space to either the federal government or its contractors for immigration detention. The letter, which I've reproduced below, appears on her Substack page as well as a petition at Change.org that you can endorse as well.
County government has nothing to do with local zoning, so I see nothing improper about Zrinski's letter and share her sentiments. I added my name. But I would caution municipal officials who review zoning applications against signing Zrinski's missive. Zoning must provide for all legal uses. Refusal to do so is consider exclusionary zoning and pretty much guarantees that the use will have to be allowed. Moreover, if a municipal official has to decide on a zoning request for a federal detention center and has publicly opposed it before it was ever presented, he can be accused of bias.
To our Partners in Economic Development, Industry, and Real Estate,
As a County built upon the strength, fairness, and perseverance of its people, Northampton County has long prided itself on being a community that values human dignity above all else. I am writing today to ask for your partnership in upholding those values by refusing to sell or lease warehouse or industrial space to the federal government or its contractors for the purpose of immigration detention.
Across the nation, we have seen the devastating effects of detention facilities that treat human beings, many of whom are asylum seekers or long-term residents and, on occasion, U.S. citizens, as commodities in a system more concerned with expansion than with justice or safety. While immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility, the moral consequences of enabling the current oppressive version of that system to operate freely in our County will ripple through our communities for years to come. When property in our County is used for immigration detention, it does not happen “elsewhere.” It happens here, in the warehouse developments we drive by every day, in our name, under the shadow of our shared community.
As County Executive, I believe we have a moral obligation to ensure that our economic development strengthens lives rather than diminishes them. We have the power and, therefore, the responsibility to prevent harm when it is within our reach to do so. Leasing or selling property for detention purposes directly supports a practice that separates families, criminalizes poverty, and devalues the basic humanity of our neighbors. That is not the legacy Northampton County intends to build upon and not the way this Administration is determined to govern.
Furthermore, I refuse to pretend that the quiet acquisition of warehouse or industrial space in Northampton County is a neutral act. It is likely only the beginning of something far more troubling. These facilities could enable ICE and its partners to conduct operations that bring fear and intimidation into the heart of our neighborhoods, changing the character of the place we call home. Imagine driving down the street with your child in the back seat and suddenly finding yourself in the middle of an ICE raid, surrounded by masked and armed officers. Imagine a community where our neighbors, our children’s classmates, co‑workers, and local business owners simply disappear, or remain shut inside because they are afraid to step outside their doors. Imagine detainees—men, women, and children—kept in unhealthy spaces never designed for human habitation, with no real privacy, limited or non‑existent health care, and inadequate food and water. Imagine the Lehigh Valley International Airport, where families begin their vacations, becoming a staging ground for detention and deportation flights, with people in handcuffs, chains, and leg shackles. Imagine a county marked by constant, noisy, and sometimes violent confrontations between protesters and authorities. This is neither the Northampton County I was elected to serve nor the County I wish to imagine. We must recognize how profoundly such a reality would damage our way of life, undermine our economy, and fracture the sense of community and shared humanity that holds us together.
Therefore, I urge every developer, broker, and property owner to reflect on the moral and civic implications of such decisions. Participation in the expansion of immigration detention stands in direct conflict with the principles of justice, compassion, and inclusion that define our County. Beyond potential reputational and economic risks, there is a deeper cost, and that is the erosion of public trust and the betrayal of the ethical standards that have guided generations of Northampton County residents.
Our region’s story has always been one of cooperation and courage, choosing the harder right over the easier wrong. We need to continue that tradition now. In refusing participation in the detention industry, you affirm that Northampton County’s growth will never come at the expense of human dignity. Together, we can ensure that our development policies align not only with sound economics but also with moral clarity and respect for every person who calls our community home.
With gratitude and resolve,
Tara M Zrinski
County Executive
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
81 comments:
Wow, the democrats are going all in on maintaining an open border policy. In a year that gives them many opportunities to oppose some policies, they have decided this is the most important. It is really a indication of their priorities.
With all the pending concerns in front of her at this time, is this really
the appropriate time for this?
I believe a private property owner should be entitled to dispose of that property any which way he/she chooses.
I also believe it is appropriate to detain all captured murderers, rapists, child traffickers, etc. in a secure facility operated by the lawful authority who captured that offender.
If Northampton County arrests a rapist, murderer, etc., it appears that Northampton County starts off its own process by taking that individual to a Northampton County jail. Should Northampton County decide to build a new jail it might need to purchase land in the same manner.
This announcement is yet one more woke, virtue-signaling, and unnecessary stunt whose real purpose is to malign our current federal government.
Now she’s telling people she has no authority over what to do. Not only that, she could open these people up to legal action against them. What an idiot!!
If she doesn't like it, maybe she can give huge tax breaks to a shady developer with no track record. She's a mess and it's only been a couple of weeks. To all those victimized by illegal criminals, I apologize on behalf of a very stupid, heartless, and careless county.
Maybe we could house illegals at Gracedale and get ICE to pay for that. Tara,here's your chance to Save Gracedale!
So she’s using her office as a bully pulpit to influence municipal government! Why am I not surprised, she cares more about national politics than governing the county. She’s already eyeing up her next office to run for no doubt.
And so her bullsh$t begins.
This was expected, and predictable. I wish our executive would focus on county issues instead of getting up on her soap box to make hay over federal issues.
The last thing we need is for Northampton County to look like Minnesota with the liberal goon squad engaged in criminal acts left and right.
The difference between Northampton County and Minnesota is that our citizens won't accept being surrounded, assaulted, harassed and "detained" by the whack a doodles. We will just turn them into speed bumps with little hesitation and will be well within our legal rights to do so.
This message from a sitting county executive is irresponsible, short sighted and serves no legitimate purpose.
She has no authority. It would have be better for her if she didn't use her title.
BOH says, “County government has nothing to do with local zoning, so I see nothing improper about Zrinski's letter and share her sentiments.”
So when individuals on a municipal authority or governing body are acting on such zoning or planning submissions, they won’t have her letter in the back of their minds? “Gosh, we’re submitting a grant application to the county next month, sure hope our approval of that proposal involving federal immigration operations won’t affect that.”
No one should be here illegally. They had many opportunities to change that. I’m not saying that every illegal immigrant is a bad person. But come legally. Why are we so dedicated to putting so much money and time into something with the word illegal in it??? All this aid can be spent on American citizens.
When you talk about turning people into speed bumps, that says a lot about you. I believe that the way ICE and Border Patrol have acted is a national., state and local issue. They have been stepping all over the individual rights you pretend to hold sacred everywhere they have gone, and not just Minnesota. They have stopped people bc of accents or bc they look different. They have killed US citizens, yanked a woman out of her car when she was involved in no protest and was simply on her way to see a doctor, yanked another woman out of her car when she was on her way to work. Like the cowards they are, they wear masks and travel in gangs. But I don't advocate turning anyone into speed bumps and have low opinions of people who make those kinds of reckless and irresponsible statements.
I agree completely with Zrinski's letter, but do not think it should be signed by anyone involved in zoning.
I'll agree that people should come here legally, and many of the people who have been deported did just that. Some of them are seeking asylum. Others had work visas they are trying to extend. Still others have temporary protected status. Wouldn't you agree that we've gone too far?
What is going on with ICE is very much a county issue. ICE has incorrectly claimed that NorCo refuses to hand over inmates on their release when we in fact notify them of the date and time and even let them sit in the lobby when it's cold. We believe in little things like judicial warrants while ICE considers the constitution an afterthought. The tactics being uses by ICE could at any moment be here. I do not want to see any property in NorCo or Lehigh used as concentration campd by those masked goose-steppers. As I have said below, this is a national, state and Local issue.
A private property owner should be able to use his property as he sees fit so long as it complies with zoning. Zrinski is asking them NOT to sell for immigration concentration camps. She is not ordering them. She does not think she is Trump.
The problem with what you have written is that these camps are being filled with harmless people whose only sin is to have been born in another country.
Incidentally, when NorCo did consider purchasing land for a jail expansion, it ran into a buzzsaw.
There is no virtue signaling in speaking out against the excessive tactics, brutal behavior and absolute disregard for individual rights by masked goons under color of law. I believe that speaking against this totally anti-American behavior is what really makes America great, not having everything named after Trump. He's becoming a dictator and I hope you see it. You can be conservative and oppose authoritarianism.
How about those victimized by legal criminals — whatever those are?
That letter is a lot of tough talk from somebody who does not believe in equal rights for all humans.
Being opposed to brutal ICE raids or yanking pajama-clad American citizens in their 70s out of their homes does not signal support for open borders. You are right to insist on tight borders. But don't you agree that what has gone on is simply too much? How many times do they have to kill someone or arrest the wrong person or draw guns on disabled women before you say enough? Targeted enforcement? Sure. Sweeping raids? No. Don't you agree. And don't you think that any fed who wants to enter your house should have the approval of a judge? And do you really think that authorities should be able to stop you and demand to see your papers? Come on. This is a lot more serious than being asked to wear a mask during a pandemic.
Elected officials are more concerned with the lost tax revenue than morals or whatever other nonsense words and themes her A.I. generated statement spit out; a cold and empty slop of a press release.
Let me add there is something very wrong with an immigration policy that welcomes South Afrikaners (so long as they are white) but forces Ukrainians to leave
Watch for Josh and Tara to be in lockstep with each other because a. they are totally in over their heads in these positions b. they have surrounded themselves with people who also have no clue and c. they think they have more power than they do. Trump will do what is necessary to protect Americans from the illegal criminals allowed into this country by Biden’s administration. Tara and Josh should be quiet and just try not to totally mess up the Lehigh Valley during their terms. They are already not impressive.
I will speak to Tara Z and not Siegel. a) Zrinski had six years of experience on County Council and two as Controller. She was familiar with county government and is by no means in over her head. b) Many of the people on her staff are highly competent. We have an excellent Director of Public Works, an excellent solicitor;, a highly intelligent Director of Administration who has long been Zrinski's right hand; and despite my criticism of Wandalowski about Gracedale, I commend her for recognizing her own limitations when it comes to nursing homes. Not everyone can do that. c) She does not think she has more power than she does. She is requesting land owners not to sell land for federal concentration camps. She is not ordering them. The authoritarianism we see almost every minute is coming from our President, who acts more like a dictator every day.
You say they should be quiet, and that's kinda the point. We've been too quiet over these excesses of federal authority, which now are trampling on our own civil rights. Now is the time to speak up, not be silent. “In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance.” Thomas Jefferson.
It is so easy to pander to folks with that message rather than admit you were aware of serious issues at Gracedale. I am so ashamed of our lack of respect for police and ICE. I have family on a list to legally enter this country. Why the concern about ICE arresting these individuals? I think if you deep dive on this issue it is about money. We like cheap labor in this country. I would never knowingly patronize a business that employs individuals not authorized to be here or work here. I fought too hard in the labor movement to get safe good paying family sustaining jobs. It makes me sick when people like you support these scumbag employers.
Once again, Bernie. Law enforcement CAN detain any person until things can be sorted out. Could be for just a few minutes, or for many hours.
Longer term detention is necessary until a properly adjudicated deportation can commence as ordered.
I see nothing from Trump that indicates he doesn’t honor the law, as would be the behavior of a true dictator. He always yields to the courts’ initial decisions, but most certainly DOES use the right of Appeal, frequently winning as we’ve seen.
Typical dem Bernie, throwing out the nazi reference with your love of concentration camps. Is it ok if I defy every law I don't agree with?
A LexisNexis search shows you never typed a word while 10-20 million were swamping the border. Now, you can't stop banging the keyboard. It's because you wanted voter rolls filled with handout-friendly voters to elect your candidates. We wouldn't need aggressive enforcement if you'd spoken up about aggressive law-breaking. Oh well. Have you taken in any immigrants? How many can we put you down for? Lol.
I'm sorry, but I think the lack of respect is coming from ICE and is directed at us and at police. Perhaps you are unaware that ICE has actually stopped off duty police officers simply bc they look different or have accents. I am deeply concerned about ICE arresting Americans, killing them, pepper spraying them, shotting them, yanking them from cars. I am also concerned about ICE arresting immigrants who came her legally and pose no threat. They should focus on "the worst of the worst." Also, we do issue work visas for agricultural jobs that Americans won't fill. The lack of labor is one reason why produce prices have skyrocketed.
Everyone was told to be quiet during the Biden years and that nothing was happening at the border. Now we know otherwise. Sue (and Mike Colon) apparently knew about Gracedale (he was admissions coordinator under Jen). Anyone who dances up to the podium as Tara did at her first meeting with council shows that she is giddy with the power she thinks she has. Geez - wonder what she’d do with a disaster such as was had with Super Storm Sandy? Guess who led Gracedale through that? Bernie, it’s time to stop fighting Trump, the only one who can save your butt and mine. Time will tell with Tara. She wasn’t impressive on council .
10:31, Law enforcement cannot just detain any person until things are sorted out. Your statement betrays a lamentable misunderstanding of your own rights. Under the 4th amendment, police can only detain you if there is a reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot and can only do so for as long as is necessary to dispel that suspicion. They cannot just randomly stop people.
Exactly, they are NOT building concentration camps, they are detention facility's. That's obviously a huge difference...but you love to spew nazi, facist rhetoric like all the other far left cop-hating ant-american democrats
DHS is buying up warehouses for concentration camps and some of these commenters are acting like they're sleep-away camps. I have to wonder if any level of authoritarian overreach, locally or otherwise will ever get these commenters to realize just how bad the situation has gotten. Stubborness is not a virtue. It's ok to see what's increasingly happening and saying it's wrong. More than that, it's American.
Annnnd here we go!!! TZ is clueless and needs to focus on learning her job ( I mean, learning who does HER job) No OTHER problems to focus on Tara?? Just another "politician" wanting their 15 minutes in the spotlight? What a BOZO... The idea that she is going to stick her nose into a private transaction is laughable. Who does she think she is? Is she discrimanating against ICE for wanting to rent a holding area? IT IS NONE OF HER BUSINESS!!
They've been trying to focus on the worst of the worst. But when they go out to get them and idoits stand in their way and block them with their cars and throw things at them. And then try to run them over when that person crosses that line and is going to be arrested. So stop your righteous BS. In my life I've learned one thing usually the ppl like you that are preaching all this is usually the person trying to make up for all the ugly things they have done in life earlier.
Actually, the cop-haters are ICE. They have made life very difficult for local police wherever they go and local police have also been subjected to their constitutional violations. And I believe the term "concentration camp" is apt. It is a place for the mass detention of civilians without trial. There has been overcrowding, medical neglect, family separations, and use of temporary facilities — including tent sites and converted shelters — where migrants, including children, have been held for days or longer under harsh conditions, prompting lawmakers and advocates to describe these places as punitive or inhuman.
The concentration camp at Dachau, incidentally, was an abandoned factory.
I am deeply concerned, and as an American, about the rapid expansion of poorly trained federal officers who are masked and are becoming a secret police force that also rounds up "domestic terrorists" who dare protest. I am also concerned that these camps will eventually be used for anyone who opposes Trump. I hope I am wrong about that.
Speaking up for our rights is what Americans do. Speaking up for humane treatment is what decent people do. I sincerely hope that you will see and understand at least some of what I am saying, as I try to understand Trump supporters.
Tell the truth. You don't just end up on a list because you're here on a visa. Or working papers. They are focusing on the people here illegally or and read this everyone the people here legally And have broken a law or have violated their conditions for residency.
If you are even arrested in the US while here on a visa, either working or student or any other kind .you violated you conditions. And can be deported. And the American citizens you're crying about. 99.9% of them have been arrested for harresment or interference with the law enforcement agencies.
Oh and by the way if you're here legally and get arrested for assaulting a law enforcement officer in you idea of your right to do it. Guess what you have just violated your conditions to stay in this country. Just keep spreading your BS. Buddy
The federal government itself has acknowledged that it was conducting sweeping raid under Bovino and was switching to targeted enforcement. Hohman himself said that in a news conference last week. I'd suggest you check it out.
Also, the people being arrested are mostly asylum seekers, people who might have an expired green card (God forbid!) an expired work visa or revoked TPS. Just yesterday, CBS (with MAGA curious Bari Weiss at the helm) published a story indicating that only a small percentage of those detained were convicted or accused of crime. The exact percentage varies in different reports, but the one constant is that very few of those detained are criminals. So I am telling the truth and you really need to inform yourself.
You O'Hare and these left idiots should be shot for treason.
She's wasting time on flashy work over which she has little to no control. I wish she'd do her job. Meanwhile she hasn't taken in a single immigrant family. Not one. Her morals? She has no morals. She lies and ignores her job. That's slimy. Oh look it's 2 PM. Shouldn't she be running for another job again?
This is just theatrics. Trump won in most part, due to his promise of closing the border, but I agree that some of the ICE agents have gone overboard, and need to be held accountable. My problem is, I never hear you mention anything about the victims of the criminal illegals, which should be the priority of ICE.
Speaking for myself, I'll agree that I never mentioned anything about the victims of criminal illegals. I tended to think those accounts were overblown and made to instill fear, like the claim that immigrants are eating pets. I was wrong. There were real victims and I should have listened more to those stories. I'll also agree that, to some extent, there are theatrics by people who are so polarized that they are trying to provoke reactions. But I believe just as strongly that the reaction to protestors has been far too harsh and that the focus should have always been on the criminals. I also am leery of these detention centers bc, in addition to everything else I said, they should be unnecessary if we focus on getting rid of the criminals first. I would want better training for ICE, a policy for masks, clear identification of federal officers, a ban on choke holds or carotid restraints, no warrantless entry of any residence. I'd agree that anyone who blocks ICE in the performance of their duties should be arrested. But following and blowing whistles is first amendment free speech.
Yawn. Go away, Tricia.
First off, I question what rights are had by people in the country illegally, other than the right to life and not abuse, and they have no right that requires them to not be quickly sent back home. These centers are processing centers, arranging for deportation that may take some time, they are not permanent camps. Expired visas, work permits etc. are all grounds for deportation.
I think the big fear is that census numbers are going to be down and that will translate to fewer house members for some regions.
While claiming that they are not for open borders, their demands equal open borders.
@5:57 Doubling down is what they do best. Well that and denying any bit of responsibility for current affairs.
Exactly. Logic isn't some people's strong suit though. Now if it was another political party -Oh say Republicans- doing this it would be a huge problem and there would be a big backlash. Hypocrites.
Well, we have what I suspect will be the first of many of Zrinski’s manifestos.
Why would Tara keep anyone from McClure’s administration? Look what the whole crew did for Gracedale. Morale is terrible at the courthouse, jail, Gracedale and DHS. No one wants to work for the county. The staff left is stuck there either because of benefits or longevity.
Now you’re on to something. Pike county prison has housed ICE inmates for many years. They basically get their county corrections for free Because the feds pay them a lot of money to house ICE detainees. They have had that contract for at least 20yrs.
You don’t want to see lol. You must be high and mighty LOL. Did you hear that folks, the great Bernie OHare doesn’t want ICE detainees housed in Northampton or Lehigh County so you must comply!! Hilarious!
Thousands of contacts everyday but let me cherry pick a couple lol. I still want to know why Biden opened the border?? Why Mayorkas would lie over and over and say the border was secure? Why let in 20 million illegals? Anyone care to guess?
Well since they continue to allow all these warehouses to be built, and lots of them are empty, might as well put them to good use.
welp, she published it to the Northampton County facebook page. Hoping we had fresh leadership that would actually use that page for county news, but nope. Watch how quick she turns off comments like ole boy did
“…these camps are being filled with harmless people whose only sin is to have been born in another country.”
No, their “sin” is that they are in this country illegally.
Most people in this country wouldn’t even THINK about entering another country without the proper paperwork (like a passport), or overstay the legal time they are allowed there.
This is a joke- focus on the real issues facing the County, like Gracedale.
You never call balls & strikes. Biden said he needed an Act of Congress to reduce illegal border crossings- in the last 9 months, there's been zero illegal crossings and the murder rate is at an all time low. If you want a civilized society, you need strong borders- you don't want what's happening in Europe. But you need competent people like Tom Homan in charge.
Recently v ops and cop union have come out on the side of "reason" and have said they want to assist iICE with crowd control and communications upon release from jails but politicians are in their way. Fact!
The solution is simple. ICE should acquire or build these near those wealthy neighborhoods that have those "no human is illegal" signs in the yards. Then, make the facility low security, easy to escape from, and provide them with maps to those homes so they can be housed with dignity and compassion. Nothing says 'inclusion' like reaching out with open arms and giving them three hots and a comfortable cot in your 3500 sq. ft. suburban home.
Correct! The ICE detention centers are legitimate, necessary, and legal. Not to mention clean, orderly, and safe for all who are being held there for a relatively brief periods of time. Many such facilities are already operating throughout this nation.
The alternative? Pay to house them in hotels and lose all standards of control and safety.
150 billion dollars. That’s 150 thousand million dollars.
That’s what illegal immigration costs this country every year. That’s the amount of money being spent on people who aren’t supposed to be here.
The next time you hear someone raise the question of slavery reparations for African Americans, make sure to let them know the money is being spent on non Americans from central and South America.
Then ask them why they continue to support Democrats.
The Executive and Council have more than enough county problems to research and review,
so please tell them to stay focused, prioritize the issues, and put aside all distractive shiny warehouse headline grabbing thoughts, and stay in bounds doing county business. Millions of dollars, families, and lives are seriously at stake at Gracedale and the clock is ticking and timelines need to be met. Gracedale is, and will continue to be the issue of priority.
Yes because your CBS doesn't consider sex trafficking a violent crime it does consider drug trafficking a violent crime it doesn't consider child porn a violent crime it doesn't consider multiple DUIs a violent crime. It doesn't consider fraud a violent crime. Guessing all those crimes are ok.
Get your fact straight, it's just your little movement and TDS getting in the way of the truth.
It's something like 70% arrest if you add just those few victim less and no one is hurt crimes.
If you have limitations in your job it means you are not qualified to have that job. You should be able to do everything the job entails.
@12:12 100% correct!!! Certain people wanted exactly what happened & they need to own it. Looking at you TW.
@4:31 Well after the gaslighting about the border , the excuse is that hardly any illegals-yes I said it- are criminals so that's their thing now. As a matter of fact, there are some Tren de Aragua soccer Dads sitting in a jail in the Poconos waiting for their MURDER trail but you know, never happens. And of course it certainly isn't for votes cause that would never happen.
@11:09 Hey they found labels that incite so let's keep the whole Facism and Nazi thing going. And Insurrection only applies if a certain political party does it. Violence is only violence when it suits their needs. You know, the whole "peaceful" protests we've seen in the past and are seeing now. You know what they say "There are 2 sides to every story & the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle.
Right name the country that even allows that.
My favorite is when they come back with well there are more U.S. citizens that are criminals. WELL DUH!! So that just negates what those people who had no right being here did. I say not.
@ 8:26 Love it. Can you imagine. I hear Delaware is especially lovely.
Amen!
A country without protected borders is not a nation.
Any illegal here needs to be detained, processed and sent back to their country of origin.
And we all know why Biden Admin let them in, to expand the Democrat voting numbers.
The jig is up
Bernie, maybe discuss the apparently stupid move by Lehigh County commissioners in passing their anti fascism resolution last night. Our only saving grace in Norco is that we don’t live in Lehigh County.
did you see in the same meeting, they refused to denounce communism! These people are crazy!!!!!!!
Concentration warehouses
Don't worry. I'm sure it's coming up in the future. Same circus performers in power. Again these people would be losing their minds if the other party pulled this nonsense.
A temporary detention facility is not a concentration camp. I would ask that you be more careful and accurate with your wording; after all, you do have a Juris Doctorate.
Words matter. Descriptive commentary matters. Opinion matters. For the sake of your own credibility and reputation, stop emulating the dogs that you run with.
Ok? Bernie
None of this sh#t would be going on if Biden hadn’t allowed 12-15 million immigrants into this country.
No wonder Democrats don’t support voter ID laws.
3:34... Responsibility for current affairs?
What's wrong with having immigrants in NorCo? Crime is low.
In 2010, everyone's favorite villain, Ron Angle tried to bring a for profit prison that would serve ICE detentions into the Slate Belt. Thankfully, when it was clear it wouldn't pass county council, he relented and changed his vote... If I'm correct, it fell 7-1.
Here we are, 16 years later, and we're leaning into a new solve for all the empty warehouses dotting our landscape... turn them into ICE detention camps.
Considering the DHS/DOJ's handling of immigrant detention to date (spoiler alert: it's abysmal) I'm not surprised that there's still overwhelming opposition to this initiative across the LV.
Kudos to TZ for pushing back on this in NorCo.
The responsibility and duties tasked to this council and administration have everything to do with management of
budgets, taxes, children and youth services, Human Resources, and Gracedale, but straying into warehouses,
Will cause more problems, not fix them.
A waste of time, effort, and responsibility to even discuss the concentration warehousing being offered up.
Not included in actual running of county business, and a distraction.
Check in history the last time the words “concentration camps” were used. It was NOT a popular subject, it was NOT in our country, It was condemned by us, and should NEVER AGAIN be spoken or even hinted at.
I will continue to use the phrase "concentration camp." I believe the phrase is accurate way to describe facilities for warehousing large volumes of unconvicted people under inhumane conditions and do so largely bc they are the "other." A fascist regime needs an "other" to blame for its woes. Rights now it is illegals. Once they are gone, the "other" will be Democrats.
Hey you folks are thrilled about Alligator Alcatraz, which seems more like a creation of SPECTRE or Dr. No than the American government. If you dislike the phrase, stop building them.
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