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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2 mo
New at The Watch: Trump wants to deport more people than the populations of NYC, Chicago, and L.A. combined. It would cost $1 trillion+, and require a force larger than the U.S. Army. It also can't be done. But that isn't the point. It's about giving his supporters the human suffering they crave.
Trump's deportation armyopen.substack.com The former president's vow to deport 15 million people is the cruelest, most illiberal, most openly authoritarian campaign promise in modern U.S. history. Oh, and it would also destroy the economy.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 2 mo
There's precedent for using a third party as a holding pen / prison for asylum seekers and immigrants in general. Just look at Australia. thebaffler.com/latest/out-o...
Out of Sight, Out of Our Minds | Ed Burmilathebaffler.com The powerless, quasi-stateless people in Australia’s island detention facilities have been exploited at every turn. They may be a model of where we’re headed.
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Business Otter @ottersimple.bsky.social · 2 mo
Genocide Joe would never