From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:57:43 +0000, Lee  wrote:   
      
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   >US Military Helping Trump to Build   
   >Massive Network of Concentration   
   >Camps, Navy Contract Reveals   
   >Feb 9   
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   >In the wake of immigration agents’   
   >killings of three US citizens within   
   >a matter of weeks, the Department of   
   >Homeland Security is quietly moving   
   >forward with a plan to expand its   
   >capacity for mass detention by using   
   >a military contract to create what   
   >Pablo Manríquez, the author of the   
   >immigration news site Migrant Insider   
   >calls "a nationwide ghost network   
   >of concentration camps."   
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   >It is the expansion of a contract   
   >first reported on in October by CNN,   
   >which found that DHS was "funneling   
   >$10 billion through the Navy to help   
   >facilitate the construction of a   
   >sprawling network of migrant   
   >detention centers across the US in   
   >an arrangement aimed at getting the   
   >centers built faster, according to   
   >sources and federal contracting   
   >documents."   
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   >Now Manríquez reports that the   
   >project has just gotten much bigger   
   >after a Navy grant was repurposed   
   >weeks ago. It was authorized through   
   >the Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple   
   >Award Contract (WEXMAC), a flexible   
   >purchasing system that the government   
   >uses to quickly move military   
   >equipment to dangerous and remote   
   >parts of the world.   
   >   
   >The contract states that the money   
   >is being repurposed for "TITUS," an   
   >abbreviation for "Territorial   
   >Integrity of the United States."   
   >While it’s not unusual for Navy   
   >contracts to be used for   
   >expenditures aimed at protecting   
   >the nation, Manríquez warned that   
   >such a staggering movement of   
   >funds for domestic detention   
   >points to something ominous.   
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   >"This $45 billion increase,   
   >published just weeks ago, converts   
   >the US into a geographic region   
   >for expeditionary military-style   
   >detention," he wrote. "It signals   
   >a massive, long-term escalation in   
   >the government’s capacity to pay   
   >for detention and deportation   
   >logistics. In the world of federal   
   >contracting, it is the difference   
   >between a temporary surge and a   
   >permanent infrastructure."   
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   >He says the use of the military   
   >funding mechanism is meant to   
   >disburse funds quickly, without   
   >the typical bidding war among   
   >contractors, which would typically   
   >create a period of public scrutiny.   
   >https://www.commondreams.org/news/military-contract-concentration-camps   
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