• @[email protected]
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      1413 hours ago

      Border crossings are down like 90%. Folks are scared.

      And because he is being so cruel, folks are much more likely to show solidarity toward immigrants.

      Which is my way of saying I don’t think the numbers are going to change. Unless the administration starts fudging. Which of course wouldn’t surprise me.

    • Nougat
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      713 hours ago

      They’re actually sort of reversing course on Gitmo. They’ve stopped building tents, mainly because there just aren’t enough people to put in them. Beyond that, the tents have neither air conditioning nor electricity, which means they fail ICE standards for detention (amazing, right?). There are currently only seventeen deportees currently at Gitmo, none of whom are housed in the tents.

      It’s all for show. That doesn’t make it any better; it’s worse in many ways.