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Laughing in the Face of ‘Overwhelming Malice’
If desperate times call for desperate measures, then dark times call for dark jokes.
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April 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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This is much worse than "normal" deportation ofundocumented immigrants,whichis bad enough. With conventionaldeportation, the govremoves the migrantsfrom the US,but then setsthem free in theircountry oforigin(or at leastas freeas theycan be underthe oppressiveregimes thatgovern places likeVenezuela).
March 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is much worse than "normal" deportation ofundocumented immigrants,whichis bad enough. With conventionaldeportation, the govremoves the migrantsfrom the US,but then setsthem free in theircountry oforigin(or at leastas freeas theycan be underthe oppressiveregimes thatgovern places likeVenezuela).