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  What's really "inhumane" is the invasion of our country by millions of illegal aliens, who expect already overburdened American taxpayers to support them with free medical care, welfare and other benefits.

  What's just as nauseating are the do-gooders who support and coddle these criminals (yes, they are criminals, they break the law), which only serves to encourage millions more to come here in the same illegal manner.

  GovExec.com reader Posted February 1, 2007 3:16 PM
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  Break out the puke bucket! Here we go again with another round of "Who's Who spewing the Boo-Hoo". What's the problem this time? Not enough basketballs? Can't watch Univision? No Pay-per-view or HBO? The pool tables need recovering? That's pretty much what the bitch-list boils down to; a bunch of criminals whining about their "rights" and a pandering group of liberal whelps crying for them and making life more difficult than it needs to be. I'm fed up with hearing all this BS about mistreatment. These maggots are in detention because that's where they belong-it ain't Club Med so shut up!

  GovExec.com reader Posted January 26, 2007 12:09 PM
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  I don't believe the detainees' human rights should be violated but having a doctor on-call 24 hours a day to monitor detainees on hunger strike is a bit too much. Why are we baby-sitting the detainees on suicide watch by checking them every 15 minutes? Get real! This is better care than a patient receives in a hospital and the patient is paying a heck of a lot more for their care. Why are these people being detained? Unless the detainees are criminals, let them apply for citizenship or be deported. Maximum time to remain as a detainee should be limited to two weeks (unless ill) than returned to their homeland. No exceptions.

  To prevent abuse the guards must follow a strict code of conduct and they should be rotated every two or three months. The U.S. does not need another situation like in the prison in Iraq. The guards know right from wrong! How sad the ones enforcing the law become the lawbreakers!

  GovExec.com reader Posted January 23, 2007 1:48 PM
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  So Siu Hin Lee thinks the immigration detention centers are "inhumane"? I'm sure they're like five-star hotels compared to prisons in China, or Mexico, or Iran, or North Korea, or 95 percent of the world. Those who are incarcerated in these facilities are not guests, but lawbreakers. Stop the bleeding heart nonsense already! As a taxpayer, I'm outraged that they are sent there in the first place, instead of being immediately deported when found. If they're not happy with the conditions they are facing, then they should stop breaking the law, and they won't end up in one of these facilities. Duh!

  GovExec.com reader Posted January 23, 2007 10:30 AM
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  Give us a break with this story. I have a novel idea ... how about the immediate deportation of all the illegal aliens currently incarcerated by ICE? That is sure to take care of the alleged abuses being committed against these poor "law un-abiding citizens." These people came here illegally and are being cared for at taxpayer expense. That's right -- three meals, free medical treatment, free legal representation in most cases -- while the idiotic American keeps touting the fact that these people are here trying to make an honest living. If you believe that, then you are all delusional. Did any of you know that a high percentage of inmates (local jails, state/federal prison) are illegal immigrants? Gee, they can't all be "doing jobs Americans won't do," can they?

  GovExec.com reader Posted January 23, 2007 5:25 AM
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  I'm sure the Mexican consulate will jump on the band wagon and file a protest too, and our government will end up paying millions to the aggrieved illegal aliens mentioned in this report. Too bad you don't have the same watchdog agencies with the Mexican government and inmates in Mexican jails.

  Not long ago Mexico was rated as one of the worst human rights violators of its citizens and subjects locked up in their jails. This was documented by Amnesty International and several human rights watch dog organizations. I illustrate this because most of the illegal aliens in detention are from Mexico and are better fed and taken care of (three square meals a day) than they ever were in their own country, let alone in the United States. When you consider the thousands of illegal aliens in custody at any given time, this isn't bad.

  Our impotent State Department needs to spend more money protecting the rights of American citizens unjustly detained or incarcerated in foreign jails, especially in Mexico!

  GovExec.com reader Posted January 19, 2007 9:07 PM