All due to the conquistador mentality rearing its ugly head after a car accident.

A panel studying illegal immigration in Virginia wants to build a 1,000-bed state jail solely for people arrested for being in the United States illegally. The Illegal Immigration Task Force agreed to 11 recommendations Monday in an effort to tighten enforcement of immigration laws. The new jail was one of them.

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Since the current detention program in the U.S. for undocumented migrants has been so successful, it's no wonder that locales are interested in expanding its scope. Perhaps the shiny barbed-wire and polished concrete will make a suitable environment for the children.

Labels: human rights, immigration prisons