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&#x2F;women&#x2F;children).  However, between the 2 facilities there were not enough beds and the remaining were put up in private motels.  Even in Miami&#x2F;Fort Lauderdale Florida, where our main industry is tourism, I think the private motels were far more cost effective than the existing Government infrastructure&#x2F;detention facilities.  And the people making the most money?  The contractors of the detention facilities making 1,000&#x27;sx profit margins on things like phone cards, sandals, and vending machine food stuffs.<p>As a side, my legal clinic represented the Haitian refugees who were children in asylum&#x2F;visa hearings pro bono.