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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Gary. Mishegas is the right word; it is craziness. So many American lives in the balance. We got strict guidelines from HR, the Board, and the executive team. NO access to patients or any of their records without a signed judicial warrant that specifies exactly what they're looking for. This is the way. My network sucks in many ways, but they're on the side of justice on this.

Rick in CO's avatar

Nah, you owe everyone an apology for the horrid Miller thing. Yuck

Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Been here 30 years, raised kids, paid taxes.

Fifth Circuit: cool story, enjoy indefinite detention.

simpledinosaur's avatar

That sucking sound you hear is the flushing away of whatever dregs of the nation's soul still remain after millions of Americans afflicted themselves (and us) with an evil, stupid so-called president. You just CAN'T elect someone like this and not expect everything to go wrong. It will be a miracle if the world makes it through the next three years without being turned into a lifeless rock.

Michelle Paquette's avatar

Folks do love their “Lock them up!” chants. I wonder if they’ve thought about how much it costs to lock up an immigrant, rather than having them out working on their jobs and paying taxes, or attending kindergarten?

Coststudy.org has published actual numbers on their site.

“ All-in average: DHS pegs arrest → detention → removal at $17,121 per person.

“Smooth case” band: Using FY-2025 bed rate $164.65 and 37.5 days LOS, plus routine transport/processing, lands around $7,500–$9,000.

Main levers: Bed rate × length of stay; each transfer typically adds ~7 days (≈ +$1,153), two transfers ≈ +$2,305.

Flights swing costs: Typical removals price in around $190–$550 per person at healthy load factors; low loads spike that.

Alternatives: ATD < ~$4.20/day (ICE-reported; varies by contract year) vs. family detention ~$296/day; both show high court-appearance compliance in studies.

Scale today: With ~59k–61k detained late summer, beds alone run ≈ $9.8–$10.1M/day before flights, medical, courts.

This week’s deltas: LA +1,000 short-stay detentions ≈ $6.17M in beds; Chicago +300 at 20 days ≈ $988k (pre-transport).

Most of the bill comes from two levers: the daily bed rate and how long someone stays. A routine case often totals $7.5k–$9k; the government’s full-lifecycle average is $17,121 because transfers, medical, low-load flights, and admin overhead stack on top. With ~60,000 people detained, beds alone run $9.8–$10.1M/day, before flights and courts.”

Add in medical care after the Brute Squad does their thing. Add in costs to build all the new detention camps. Thanks, Fifth Circuit!

Next, we simply redefine in case law who is really a citizen…

knockedoutloaded's avatar

nothing better than a old Yiddish word to describe fucked up shenanigans, Mishegas!

Void's avatar

Well, that’s horrifying. They’ll also be sending citizens to camps to if we let em.

Maybe time to revisit your revulsion to the second amendment

James's avatar

I find it far more likely that Stephen blew his load immediately upon hearing the news and skipped directly to the going to sleep portion of the program. One look at that expression Katie is wearing in all the photos and you just *know* she’s not getting any. (From Stevie anyway.)

You’re welcome. 😁

Pexas Teat's avatar

Unfortunately, she's pregnant again. Usha, too.

James's avatar

Omg 😳 these people are breeding?

Lucius's avatar

This really highlights the need to excise every single fucking Republican judge in the entire judiciary and replace them with actual humans.

Hank Napkin's avatar

That's OK and Thanks. Meanwhile, Shambles withholds $4 billion in U.S. dues to the U.N., which will bankrupt it. Similar to, but more purposeful than, "NATO don't pay me the fair share protection muny!"

Darrell Leland's avatar

Cruelty isn't just the point anymore. Cruelty and revenge for their own sakes are a fetish half the country whacks off on now. There's no other explanation for rulings like this. MAGA wants to see everyone else suffer for centuries of imagined slights and indignities: funny looking people, weird sounding languages, odd food, strange music, any book aside from the bible, money in the hands of anyone but a few robber barons... er... hard working job creators.

"M"'s avatar

"Cruelty isn't just the point anymore. Cruelty and revenge for their own sake are a fetish half the country whacks off on now."

"Now" being ... the last 400 years??

From Slave Plantations to Jeffrey Epstein: American History 101

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDYWlJEeZkE

Tessie's avatar

Been in America for 30 years? That's a paddlin'.

"M"'s avatar

Only if you're someone who is other than White

and that's a significant detail that makes a policy difference

From Slave Plantations to Jeffrey Epstein: American History 101

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDYWlJEeZkE

What A Debacle's avatar

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

Darrell Leland's avatar

"This is a madhouse! A madhouse!"

Taylor from "Planet of the Apes."

tehbaddr's avatar

Well they came here to work, so let's put them to work!

"M"'s avatar

"Work" and "work for fair and equitable remuneration" are two completely different things

From Slave Plantations to Jeffrey Epstein: American History 101

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDYWlJEeZkE

tehbaddr's avatar

I might have to start including /s.

"M"'s avatar

I think we all have discernment

to decide when something is whistling past the graveyard and something is something that someone like Goebbels Miller might read, take seriously, & be able to marshall the resources to put into action

Especially in an environment where as many times a day as Donald says "Republicans should just take over elections", someone like KKKaroline Leavitt says

"He's just joking"

And when Ava Duvernay put out a whole documentary on how slavery was still legal because of the Thirteenth Amendment and people mocked it but tried to blackball it at the same time in an effort to stop people from watching it - all couched in claims of

"she's not serious"

Bagels of Doom's avatar

Habeas corpus was nice while it lasted, I guess?

JunkYardDogg's avatar

Habeas Corpus is NOT an English word. Wasn’t one of Trump’s Royal Proclamations, aka EO’s, was that English is the official language of the United States of the Christian Uber Race. Which means, that the Goobermint ain’t have to obey any steeenkin’ laws written in a furrin’ language. So, that, along with rules established by 12th century witch burners are the laws of Amerika.

Trux Mint In Box's avatar

We thought it, we said it, and we apologize for nothing.

You’re getting a bill for my counseling services. Deny payment at your peril. Pretty sure I have a solid case.