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David Baldwin's avatar

As if we were talking about people who had any intention, ever, of doing what they said they would (i.e., only deporting criminals). Trump is just a sociopathic demagogue; he'll say or do whatever advantages himself, without compunction. Stephen Miller, another sociopath who happily finds himself in a position of power and in command of an army of thugs, is indulging master-race fantasies that don't care about criminal or not criminal; they only care about white or not white, pure or not pure. They don't care about trifling legal distinctions and they won't be stopped by them.

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Sharon Herrick's avatar

I appreciate this clarification. I know it doesn't matter to Trump and his toadies but it's important, nonetheless. When I think of the awfulness of ICE abductions and concentration camps, it feels as if we are just continuing on our Incarceration Addiction. I think we have more people in prison than any other nation (but I'm not completely sure about that). We do not worry about our prisons. We do not concern ourselves with conditions for our legal prisoners, why would be care about "Alligator Alcatraz?" It's as American as apple pie.

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Liz Abrams-Morley's avatar

Thank you for your clarity and your call for us to be better than this. Yes. YES. YES.

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jon gazzard's avatar

its gone from lets get rid of the immigrat criminals..to lets get rid of the "illegal immigrants" [those who have arrived here illegally]...to lets just get rid of immigrants [807%] wow..thats a hell of a figure :(

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Alex Dash's avatar

The individuals in this administration simply do not care that their pernicious and unlawful actions cause life-changing trauma to the people they target. They have never cared. Yet, the lives of the innocent people injured and abused by this cruel lawlessness are forever changed. And so are the lives of their families, their communities, and the rest of us in this country.

Some folks make a distinction between 1.0 vs 2.0. Yet, there's no difference in their aims. They separated babies from their parents and housed the babies in cages in 1.0.

There is a pervasive evil that exists within this administration that is difficult to fathom. They proudly boast about the horror and pain they inflict upon innocent men, women, and children.

It's a hatred and vileness to such a degree that we find it difficult to comprehend.

All due to the color of one's skin. It is illegal. It is immoral, it is wrong, and it is ungodly.

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