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In reply to the discussion: Where is the $750/day going? [View all]reACTIONary
(5,771 posts)48. Apparently for Tent Camps ....
....... Not for permanent detention facilities. Permanent facilities are around 250 A day. Adult detention is aroun 100.
The cost of holding migrant children who have been separated from their parents in newly created tent cities is $775 per person per night, according to an official at the Department of Health and Human Services far higher than the cost of keeping children with their parents in detention centers or holding them in more permanent buildings.
The reason for the high cost, the official and several former officials told NBC News, is that the sudden urgency to bring in security, air conditioning, medical workers and other government contractors far surpasses the cost for structures that are routinely staffed.
It costs $256 per person per night to hold children in permanent HHS facilities like Casa Padre in Brownsville, Texas. And keeping children with their parents in detention centers like the one run by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement in Dilley, Texas cost $298 per resident per night, according to an agency estimate when it awarded the contract for the facility in 2014.
At those prices, the additional cost to operate a 400-bed temporary structure for one month at capacity would be more than $5 million. The average stay for separated kids is nearly two months.
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https://www.truthorfiction.com/does-it-cost-750-a-day-to-house-migrant-children-in-camps/
The reason for the high cost, the official and several former officials told NBC News, is that the sudden urgency to bring in security, air conditioning, medical workers and other government contractors far surpasses the cost for structures that are routinely staffed.
It costs $256 per person per night to hold children in permanent HHS facilities like Casa Padre in Brownsville, Texas. And keeping children with their parents in detention centers like the one run by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement in Dilley, Texas cost $298 per resident per night, according to an agency estimate when it awarded the contract for the facility in 2014.
At those prices, the additional cost to operate a 400-bed temporary structure for one month at capacity would be more than $5 million. The average stay for separated kids is nearly two months.
Quoted, with other useful links, in
https://www.truthorfiction.com/does-it-cost-750-a-day-to-house-migrant-children-in-camps/
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Going to the Military - Intelligence brass and probably a lot of congress critters.
LiberalArkie
Jun 2019
#12
They're buying up much of our government intel community. We've got to get back in in 2020.
ancianita
Jun 2019
#16
Hope this is up-to-date and helpful. The names are not just GOP, but from every sector.
ancianita
Jun 2019
#17
Kelly Koncentration Kamps ... brought to you by Трамп-RubleCon Party aka Grumpy Old People. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2019
#43
Another commercial the Democratic Party written for free. Should be running hourly.
kacekwl
Jun 2019
#47