Halliburton subsidiary wins contract to build U.S. immigration detention centers

-Contributed by Erwin Cifuentes. Kellogg Brown & Root won a contract worth nearly $400 million in order to build temporary immigration detention centers. A government spokesman noted that these centers are useful in emergency situations, though Representative Henry Waxman critiqued that “with Halliburton's ever expanding track record of overcharging, it's hard to believe that the administration has decided to entrust Halliburton with even more taxpayer dollars.” (New York Times) (Registration required).

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