In another brilliant move, our government wants to turn control of our borders over to private companies. The protection and defense of borders is considered important to most nations, but not the U.S. of A! We’re just looking for another way to make our sweet corporations more cash, even at the expense of security.

The best news of all is that America’s best friend, Halliburton, is going to get a piece of the pie. Halliburton has contracts to oversee the expansion of the federal government's capacity to detain immigrants. I’m sure Halliburton will do it’s best to keep down costs while being really, really nice to the immigrants. Does not at all sound like a situation ready for abuse.

In May the government asked for bids from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Ericsson and Northrop Grumman to build a "virtual fence" of unmanned aerial vehicles, ground surveillance satellites and motion-detection video equipment along the border. Meanwhile, Blackwater Inc., a private security firm of mercenaries, is negotiating to train U.S. Border Patrol officers.

What could possibly go wrong if military contractors and private mercenaries control the borders? Just think of all the exciting possibilities once the federal border patrol is removed from public scrutiny and it disappears into the black hole of corporate rule. And all the exciting profit to be made from human misery. Why send immigrants back quickly, when you make more money by holding onto them? And you can use your Washington lobbyists to create harsher anti-immigrant laws and divert more funding to needless electronic border surveillance. It’s a Goddamn cash cow just waiting to be milked!