Government Dance Lessons for Illegal Immigrants

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/06/government-dance-lessons-for-illegal-immigrants

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers operated by the Corrections Corporation of America will begin offering "movie nights, bingo, arts and crafts, dance and cooking classes," as well as bingo and self-serve beverage bars, the Houston Chronicle reports.

The newspaper quotes the president of the ICE union in Houston, Local 3332, Tre Rebstock, likening the changes to creating "an all-inclusive resort" for immigration detainees. "My grandparents would have loved to have bingo night and a dance class at the retirement home they were in when they passed away, but that was something we would have had to pay for," Mr. Rebstock said, according to the Chronicle. "And yet these guys are getting it on the taxpayers' dime."

by Ira Stoll  |  Jun 14, 2010 at 10:10 am Related Topics:  Immigration, Press receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list