In 2007 a boat with 100+ Haitian refugees made it to South Florida. The refugees were immediately detained, then sent to Krome Detention Center (no women) and Broward Transition Center (men/women/children). However, between the 2 facilities there were not enough beds and the remaining were put up in private motels. Even in Miami/Fort Lauderdale Florida, where our main industry is tourism, I think the private motels were far more cost effective than the existing Government infrastructure/detention facilities. And the people making the most money? The contractors of the detention facilities making 1,000'sx profit margins on things like phone cards, sandals, and vending machine food stuffs.

As a side, my legal clinic represented the Haitian refugees who were children in asylum/visa hearings pro bono.