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[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

According to the 13th Amendment:

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Arrest the migrant workers. Funnel them through a for profit prison. Rent the workers to the same farms as slave labor and pocket what would normally have been their wages.

Wish I didn't see this as a highly likely scenario.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

It's pretty annoying to always see for-profit prisons mentioned like they're the majority. Only 8% of prisoners in the US are housed in them.

The fact is that government run prisons are just as corrupt, if not more, through contracts that include kickbacks for the people in charge, or contracts owned by companies the people in charge or their families own.

The concentration camps the immigrants are being sent to are where the labor will come from.

[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

if over 90.000 prisoners held in private prisons (in 2022!) is "only" to you, than yeah, those couple lifes is prolly just a drop in the ocean

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago

What's that you say, former citizen with no constitutional rights?

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

The duly convicted part will only slow them down. I'm sure they'll establish new immigration courts or appoint new, loyal judges who will render a verdict every 5 minutes if asked.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago

Silly you thinking that it could be limited to "immigrants".