http://www.thenation.com/blog/174628/disclosure-shows-private-prison-company-misled-immigration-lobbying
Detainees inside a holding cell at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash. The facility is operated by The GEO Group Inc. under contract from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and houses people whose immigration status is in question or who are waiting for deportation or deportation hearings. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Earlier this year, one of the largest private prison corporations in the country sent out a statement to reporters claiming that it would not lobby in any way over the immigration reform debate.A new disclosure shows that the company, the Boca Raton–based Geo Group, has in fact paid an “elite team of federal lobbyists” to influence the comprehensive immigration reform legislation making its way through Congress.
another reason to investigate right wing tax status, "they lie".
The Geo Group currently manages several immigrant detention facilities for the federal government, and has faced questions about its role in shaping policies that may lead to more incarceration. In February and March, Pablo Paez, the Geo Group’s vice president of corporate relations, told media outlets, including the Financial Times and The Nation, that his firm would steer clear of immigration reform politics. See statement below (emphasis added):“The GEO Group has never directly or indirectly lobbied to influence immigration policy. We have not discussed any immigration reform related matters with any members of Congress, and we will not participate in the current immigration reform debate.”
lobby, congress, "both sides", that combination always culminates with Beohner passing out bribe checks on the house floor.
The private prison industry has developed close ties to leading members of Congress, including those in the so-called Gang of Eight leading the immigration reform discussions. Senator Marco Rubio, who is perhaps the most visible Republican on the issue, has received generous campaign donations from the industry, including from Geo Group.The new disclosure suggests an even greater bind to the company because Cesar Conda, Rubio's chief of staff, was the founding partner of Navigators Global. As we reported, he has continued to receive payments from the firm through a stock buy-out agreement reached after Conda entered work for Rubio.
yup, there's change in the way they say it not what they do, what they say is just louder and arrogantly in "we the peoples" faces. and who is riding the horse up front, the golden boy encouraging the same practices really does so little to change or abandon just tightens the bid that holds you.
are they setting up the guy who continually bad mouths them, by putting him out front center stage, so when this thing fall through the trap door they can point at him, to birds, "his plan, his failure".
