It was recently revealed that the Trump administration reallocated
millions of dollars from FEMA, in order to fund ICE concentration
camps.
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DISASTER FOR PROFIT
With the winter coming, we can expect to have severe weather. With
severe weather, we will absolutely NEED disaster relief. It was
recently revealed that the Trump administration reallocated millions
of dollars from FEMA, in order to fund ICE concentration camps.
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The president* not only continues his cruel policies of detaining
migrants, in clear violation of human rights, but he also endangers
the lives of ALL OF US to do so, and he pays off his cronies at the
same time. While natural disasters are an act of nature, the
federal government’s response come down to a political choice
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Often this political choice can cost lives which could have been
saved. This had real effects for the People of Puerto Rico. FEMA
utterly failed the people of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane
Maria
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to mention the Whitefish Energy scandal, where a two-person company
was awarded at $300 million contract to repair all of Puerto
Rico’s
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supplies, despite having absolutely no experience doing so. Whitefish
was awarded the contract because the acting US Secretary of the
Interior, appointed by trump, Ryan Zinke, was friends with
Whitefish’s owner. The scandal resulted in Zinke’s resignation a
few months after. Almost 3,000 people died from Hurricane Maria. trump
said that he “did a fantastic job”
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his response.
Both FEMA and ICE are controlled by the Department of Homeland
Security. In order to ramp up deportations, DHS requested $200
million of additional funding to cover the cost of detaining migrants.
Many of these detention centers are for-profit and rarely disclose
information about location of the immigrants, how many are held there,
and what the cost is.
FEMA provides response, recovery, mitigation and mission support
during natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes. During
disasters, potable water is often a scarce resource. FEMA provides
clean water to those in the disaster areas. FEMA also provides
emergency medical care, rescuing the elderly and vulnerable who may
not be able to flee the disaster areas. In order words, having a
robust and well funded FEMA literally saves lives.
OF COURSE, MANY ICE DETENTION CENTERS ARE PRIVATELY HELD, FOR-PROFIT
CENTERS. Corecivic and GEO group, the two leading private-prison
management companies, have seen their stocks skyrocket since the
election of the president. Additionally, both of those companies, and
high level executives in the company donated heavily to the
Presidential election campaign.
And both of those companies operate ICE Detention centers in New
Jersey. WE NEED STRONG LEADERS WILLING TO TAKE ACTION AND CLOSE THE
ICE CAMPS. We don’t need empty statements and press releases. Frank
Pallone, the incumbent, has issued press releases and statements
about the problem.
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has the power to shut down these detention centers by pressuring his
allies that take funds from prison groups. We really need leaders
willing to lead the charge against prison camps. We need leaders to
call out the members of the Democratic party that allow detention
centers to exist. I’ve been at rallies at Elizabeth detention
center, protesting their very existence. We should close the camps. If
I am elected I will be holding rallies against any other
representative that lets prison camps be run in their district.
We also need leaders willing to hold fossil fuel executives
accountable for deliberately lying to the public for decades, hiding
the effects of pollution, and making the job of FEMA more difficult.
We need more representatives demanding FEMA be funded fully so we have
the resources needed to respond to the next crisis. I’ll immediately
support holding fossil fuel executives accountable, and I support
taxing fossil fuel companies because of their contribution to climate
crisis and to fund FEMA. But the incumbent, Frank Pallone, cannot do
that. He’s taken over a million dollars from the fossil fuel
industry. They have purchased his inaction.
This President, and the unchecked current Congress, seems to put
profit over people. I’ll vote for People over Profit, always.
Sincerely,
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RUSS CIRCINCIONE
Candidate for Congress
6th District
NEW JERSEY
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