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2. Yes, and the historical roots go back further.

Reply to dlk (Original post)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 08:54 AM

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ICE is behaving like slave catchers did before Emancipation. They were gangs of hired thugs looking for freed and escaped slaves so that they could kidnap them. They got paid to do this.

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