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General Mar 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM

9-year-old who pleaded to go to spelling bee is released from ICE detention

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-mexico-child-ice-detention-released-ms-rachel-dilley-immigration-rcna265153

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OrpheusV Mar 26, 2026 +1502
Miss Rachel putting in the work. She's a real one.
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AudibleNod Mar 26, 2026 +959
Imagine speaking up for children and getting [death threats](https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/ms-rachel-social-media-users-solidarity-following-threats-antisemite-year-nomination) because of it.
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Infamous-Sky-1874 Mar 26, 2026 +471
And being accused of being a vicious antisemite for saying "Stop bombing kids."
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JustaLego Mar 26, 2026 +102
These people won't be gone once trump is gone, they will walk among us and shut the f*** up and hopefully learn a little shame for who they are. That's my hope. I don't know how or where we would even start with deprogramming hateful trump groupie bigots.
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Khaldara Mar 26, 2026 +68
They’ll just be quiet out of fear of consequences and wait for their opportunity with the next pustulant bag of assholes to be nominated by Conservatives that they will again turn out in record numbers for. Despite catastrophic fiscal, international, and domestic policy and they themselves being financially worse off that they were previously. These folks fell for trickle down for forty consecutive years. They aren’t **capable** of learning. They aren’t even given anything tangible in exchange for their support, just another pointless war, higher cost of goods and services across the board and “maybe” victimizing someone they don’t like.
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Gurlllllllll- Mar 26, 2026 +22
We need decades of deconfederization in the US. Like, yeah yeah, we have the 1st amendment, freedom of speech, apple pie and all that. Hey what the f*** are you doing with the "I love racism" flag in your yard? Like, we actually do need to tear down every "Daughters of the Confederacy" statue in the US and do something about all these nazis and their symbols. We need to destroy private schools where all these white supremacists send their kids. We need to make all education in the country extremely well funded public schools with curriculums that actually teach the honest criminal history of the US, slavery, and the genocides it's done and is doing included. We need to make it so if a politician even whispers a single syllable of the 14 words their career is over forever. We also need to destroy the white supremacist institutions in the country like the cops and prisons. I used to soften up my language surrounding prison and police abolitionism to not scare libs, but I can't be fucked anymore. We cannot have a future featuring cops and prisons. They are tools of white supremacy first and foremost and every day they remain around they terrorize us more. They are inherently republican institutions. Every dollar spent funding them is a dollar given to aid republican political goals. I will die saying that prisons are a plauge upon us. They make all of us less free. They are holdovers from a bygone era that saw the chatel ownership of human beings as morally righteous. F*** the prisons.
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JimboTCB Mar 26, 2026 +14
They never properly destroyed the Confederacy to begin with in the name of "national unity", you're about a century and a half late to that party. Unfortunately the cancer has fully metastasised now.
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mrlayabout Mar 26, 2026 +7
::Angry General Sherman noises::
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Gurlllllllll- Mar 26, 2026 +4
Slavery was a permanent institution of the US until it wasn't. Gay rights were impossible to achieve until they weren't. Disability rights were impossible to achieve until they weren't. The divine right of kings was unassailable until it wasn't. I don't buy doomer rhetoric.
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JustaLego Mar 26, 2026 +3
They don’t soften their language. Do I think sharp language is necessary. Yes shame them in public. Call them racist pos’s and make it clear they are the f****** problem. I agree that police have become a safe haven for supremacist nonsense. It’s gross. The few bad apples argument doesn’t hold up.
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ArchmageXin Mar 27, 2026
Not gonna lie, you had me for the first half. > We also need to destroy the white supremacist institutions in the country like the cops and prisons. I used to soften up my language surrounding prison and police abolitionism to not scare libs, but I can't be fucked anymore. We cannot have a future featuring cops and prisons. They are tools of white supremacy first and foremost and every day they remain around they terrorize us more. They are inherently republican institutions. Every dollar spent funding them is a dollar given to aid republican political goals. > > I will die saying that prisons are a plauge upon us. They make all of us less free. They are holdovers from a bygone era that saw the chatel ownership of human beings as morally righteous. F*** the prisons. Yea ok, so how do you explain every country on earth have prisons in some form or other then? Even African/Asian countries? Anyway, the "Abolish prison" is pretty much dead on arrival in even the bluest city. Just look how NY end up getting Eric Adams and San Francisco had their progressive DAs recalled. Or maybe you secretly wish to keep Trump and GOP to maintain power, cause nothing would make voters rush for the reds than talk of "Defund the police and Abolish the prisons"
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Gurlllllllll- Mar 27, 2026 +1
> cause nothing would make voters rush for the reds than talk of "Defund the police and Abolish the prisons" I didn't say defund the police, I said abolish them.
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ArchmageXin Mar 27, 2026
Ok, get ready for 1 party rule permanently then? You might well accept GOP rule for eternity then.
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CMDR_omnicognate Mar 26, 2026 +1
"I don't know how or where we would even start with deprogramming hateful trump groupie bigots." Generally speaking, talking to people, introducing them to new ideas and people. it doesn't always work but a lot of bigotry comes from fear of unknowns, when you make the unknown known, the bigotry usually ends too, though not always sadly.
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[deleted] Mar 26, 2026 -132
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Dramatic-Turnip- Mar 26, 2026 +73
Don’t bomb kids. There is no “but”. Don’t. Bomb. Kids.
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Chase_High Mar 26, 2026 +52
hidden profile, bot propaganda account. downvote and move on
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BurritoBoi25 Mar 26, 2026 +19
Would kill to see its location
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howtheeffdidigethere Mar 26, 2026 +13
Gotta be Russia, on behalf of Israel.
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[deleted] Mar 26, 2026 -25
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Hoshbrowns Mar 26, 2026 +5
So how is Gaza starving, specifically the children who have absolutely no say in the politics in their region? Is Hamas restricting the food and aid from reaching the children or is Israel preventing it from reaching the children? It's not like Gaza is able to hold democratic elections where the population has a say in who represents them. It's just absolutely ridiculous to excuse these crimes against children because an authoritative terrorist group is control the area they live in. Israel, as well as the rest of the western world, would never accept the killing and starvation of their children. There can be more than one bad party in a conflict. That does not mean everyone living in that area needs to suffer the same consequences.
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risky-rats-pizza Mar 26, 2026 +30
It takes a lot of courage to say something this stupid
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XennialBoomBoom Mar 26, 2026 +58
Remember folks, this *one* kid was released because a national celebrity made a big thing about it. Think about all the others that aren't as lucky. Remember Abrego-Garcia? Of course you do because the news media glommed on to him. Remember the makeup artist/hair dresser that was sent to El Salvador because he had tattoos on his wrists honoring his mom and dad, and his autistic brother? No, you don't. I'd like to know where he is and where thousands of others are.
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Gurlllllllll- Mar 26, 2026 +26
> No, you don't. I'd like to know where he is and where thousands of others are. I do and I looked up what happened to him and several others. He, along with hundreds of others imprisoned in CECOT, were released and returned to Venezuela. Andry Hernandez has talked about numerous beatings, being shot with rubber bullets, and being made to eat rotten food. However, I don't know how many people extraditioned by the US remain in CECOT. The fascists in DHS have made it nearly impossible to know the state of their system.
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XennialBoomBoom Mar 26, 2026 +6
Fair enough - I was just trying to make a point. I do hope Hernandez is doing relatively well in Venezuela (although I'd prefer he'd be back here doing what he loves in a safe environment).
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TrainingSword Mar 26, 2026 -4
Dead probably 
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Yahyathegamer749 Mar 26, 2026 +12
That is so pathetic, shame on them and their entire group. They're so cartoonishly evil
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callisstaa Mar 26, 2026 +6
The country that blew up 170 schoolgirls so that they could watch a line go up on a screen is evil? Tell me it isn’t so!
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breadandbunny Mar 27, 2026 +1
This is how I know we are living in hell. What the f*** kind of person sends threats to someone who HELPS other people?
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redvelvetcake42 Mar 26, 2026 +102
She's a literal godsend to these children. If there's a heaven she's part of its council.
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elconquistador1985 Mar 26, 2026 +27
My extremely maga cousin's extremely maga wife is a speech therapist. I find it hilarious that she probably spent years advocating for people to use Miss Rachel for very young kids for speech therapy reasons and now she can't do it anymore because it turns out Miss Rachel is a decent person and that's antithetical to maga.
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Level7Cannoneer Mar 26, 2026 +12
From her PoV it’s like finding out your favorite celeb is a racist or something. Except it’s opposite world for them
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Snoogieboogie Mar 26, 2026 +42
She's an angel.
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pgtl_10 Mar 26, 2026 +2
If the Nobel committee had any dignity she would the peace prize.
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bubba-yo Mar 26, 2026 +646
Oh, so this child can go out and commit more spelling crimes, no doubt.
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notsoulvalentine Mar 26, 2026 +167
how dare he commit the heinous crime of… spelling words.
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AudibleNod Mar 26, 2026 +126
He's using Latin letters.
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onlymostlydead Mar 26, 2026 +81
Little villain probably uses Arabic numerals, too.
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BoBSMITHtheBR Mar 26, 2026 +17
Ban all Latin letters and Arabic numerals from schools at once! Everyone counts in freedom fries from now on.
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SYLOH Mar 26, 2026 +8
It's only a matter of time before he's radicalized and starts learning Al-Jabr
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Crim91 Mar 26, 2026
Strike 1!
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notsoulvalentine Mar 26, 2026 +10
what do you mean he can also spell spanish words?? latin letters?! bring back the AMERICAN letters and words! #liberty #justice #forallbutnotreallyall /s
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redpoemage Mar 26, 2026 +7
An absolute covfefe!
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[deleted] Mar 26, 2026 +3
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Low_Pickle_112 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Got to wash down those hamberders.
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Zulmoka531 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Well according to Stephen Miller in Texas today…
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GearboxTherapy Mar 26, 2026
I've always thought it was henious.
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Armthedillos5 Mar 26, 2026
Your wrong. There only dream is for piece in earth.
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unfortunatebastard Mar 26, 2026 +10
It’s called word crimes https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc
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Infamous-Sky-1874 Mar 26, 2026 +7
Damn kids out there committing word crimes.
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code-coffee Mar 26, 2026 -1
Words crimes derive from thought crimes, and we all know thought crimes are the most egregiously invasive forms of insidious and pernicious behaviors that society has yet to inculculate us against. Oh that our children could bask in a world devoid of subtle treatchary, and instead wrap themselves in the distilled truth of the ever present here and now, without all the subjective interpretation that others have drowned themselves in.
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notshakma Mar 26, 2026 +4
Linguistic lawlessness
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MustangMeetsCrowd Mar 26, 2026 +1
Can you spell Atrocious? Thank you autocorrect for making this joke possible.
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Rev-Dr-Slimeass Mar 26, 2026 +432
I don't understand how you can think you're the good guy while there is a child begging to go to school from the concentration camp you stuffed his family in. There has to be a better way of immigration enforcement than this.
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AudibleNod Mar 26, 2026 +117
They're asylum seekers to boot.
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ManInTheBarrell Mar 26, 2026 +54
There is, but theyre not interested
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Jacobin_Revolt Mar 26, 2026 +46
The cruelty is the point
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Direct_Witness1248 Mar 26, 2026 +20
There was a somewhat better system just over a year ago. Even that one was pretty bad, but it wasn't completely heinous.
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notasrelevant Mar 26, 2026 +6
Enforcing reasonable laws on immigration is not at all the point of what they are doing. This is not them executing poorly on something they tried to do better. It's pretty much going exactly to their plan.
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Noobodiiy Mar 26, 2026 -95
Native Americans gave similar liberty to white people. Gave them Asylum and look what happened to him. The same for Palestinians who gave refuge to Jews fleeing the Holocaust. Look at what's happening to them. Sometimes you need to make hard choices
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Business-Toad Mar 26, 2026 +39
There's no wisdom or strength in apathy or mass cruelty. If we do these things we will deserve the bad shit that happens to us in the future as a result of generational trauma and justified anger.
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Noobodiiy Mar 26, 2026 -76
We are doing this to prevent the future endless civil war.
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theflyingkiwi00 Mar 26, 2026 +20
By radicalizing generations of young people who will now hate America and want to cause harm? Sounds like a great plan
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Noobodiiy Mar 26, 2026 -12
Exactly why we need to do this. To keep them safe from MAGAS.
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Offyerrocker Mar 26, 2026 +20
So when you say "safe", do you mean like... [safe to catch diseases running rampant in overcrowded detention facilities](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-confirms-measles-outbreak-nations-largest-detention-facility-texas-rcna261659)? Or maybe [safe to withhold health services from detained pregnant women](https://19thnews.org/2026/03/pregnant-people-immigration-detention-medical-care/)? Especially [minors](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pregnant-migrant-girls-held-at-texas-center-criticized-for-inadequate-care)? Nice job dodging and redirecting everyone who's responded to you, by the way, I'm sure hardly anyone noticed.
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Noobodiiy Mar 26, 2026 -1
I completely condemn it but MAGAs are sadist. They should be immediately rehomed back to their country where they will be safe
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Offyerrocker Mar 26, 2026 +5
Yes, of course, that must be why we get so many refugees who risk life and limb to the US; it's just *too* safe in their home countries.
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Noobodiiy Mar 26, 2026
I really don't understand why they come to this genocidal white supramist christian country. We have pigs who shoot non whites without any provocation. i blame Hollywood for white washing this country
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Bed8 Mar 26, 2026 +37
The US has always been a multi-cultural mixing pot. You're fear mongering over illogical bs. No one can challenge the military might of the US on their home soil; we will never see a Civil War like we did in the past again. Instead, it will be a slow collapse from inside.
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Noobodiiy Mar 26, 2026 -45
You mean Multi cultural genocide on Native Americans
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Business-Toad Mar 26, 2026 +13
I would so much rather live among the average immigrant than the sort of people who run our government and law enforcement now, and the people who vote for them. You're justifying atrocity with vague assurances on how the future will be tidy when all they're really accomplishing is adding another layer of tragedy between us and our neighbors. It's repulsive and I am disgusted my tax dollars go toward this.
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afoxboy Mar 26, 2026 +19
life must be so much cooler when ur this bricked in the head
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BooobiesANDbho Mar 26, 2026 +70
What a sad state our country is in.
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blankvoidoid Mar 26, 2026 +90
They kicked him out because of his 9-year-old mental superiority. He made them realize how stupid they really are
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Buckets-O-Yarr Mar 26, 2026 +23
They thought sending him to school would be a punishment, because for them it would be.
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Barangat Mar 26, 2026 +4
Challenged them to a spelling contest and won his freedom. I really hope the experience doesn’t scar him to much
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OldJonThePooSmuggler Mar 26, 2026 +19
Good but it should never have happened in the first place and everyone even loosely involved should hang their heads in shame.
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MeesterBooth Mar 26, 2026 +12
Take off the last four words and you've got it.
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SayNoToFresca Mar 26, 2026 +36
I hope he learned his leson. - Trump supporters
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Consistent-Leek4986 Mar 26, 2026 +21
with maga, cruelty is the point
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mosi_moose Mar 26, 2026 +23
r/OrphanCrushingMachine
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Zarkanthrex Mar 26, 2026 +13
The guy on the right needs to start doing Vin Diesel cosplay asap lol. But I am glad the child was released.
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Prairie-Peppers Mar 26, 2026 +5
Vin mixed with Eminem
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Fast-Audience-6828 Mar 26, 2026 +3
Imprisonment* also on a related note they are converting warehouses into concentration camps
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braxin23 Mar 26, 2026 +2
This is what flooding the information streams looks like. This is something that was done deliberately in order to create a collective exhaustion in the population. We are all being occupied by it 24/7 soon enough there won’t be anything left to be done against it. Voting? Going away thanks to nationalization in Trumps own words “you won’t need to vote anymore”. Protesting? Who is protesting anymore not if they’re too busy with daily life to be bothered to form an opinion without it being shoved into their faces. I’m so tired of all of this and it’s not just me feeling it I know but it starts to feel like I’m the outsider, I’m just another nail that needs to get hammered in and I’m wondering when that hammer finally drops on my head.
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akeirans Mar 26, 2026 +1
I hope their school has a special bee just for them.
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Longshot02496 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Great news from the orphan crushing factory
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savvy-misanthrope Mar 27, 2026 +1
There are children's ENTERTAINERS in detention centers?!
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furrysalesman69 Mar 26, 2026 -6
Did you guys know that that one kid that went viral was deported a bit ago?
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Apprehensive_Ad_5174 Mar 26, 2026 -29
If his parents are in the country illegally he should be deported with them. Illegal immigration should not be tolerated, and breaking up families by keeping the child in the US ain’t right.
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rasta41 Mar 26, 2026 +10
You appear to be based in Australia, are you in the US legally? Show us your papers
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Apprehensive_Ad_5174 Mar 26, 2026 -2
I’m allowed to have an opinion. A lack of voter ID and lax immigration laws are problematic here at the moment.
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StellarPaladin42 Mar 26, 2026 +10
Trash opinion
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PowerfulMatter5591 Mar 26, 2026 +7
But they aren't. They have an asylum application pending which IS legal. Nobody should be detained for that. I have no issue with enforcing actual immigration laws, but you better be sure that's what you're doing -- not just grabbing random people off the street. Right now, ICE is NOT handling this issue correctly at all and has violated enough legal precedents that even those who could say yes, illegal immigrants need to be deported and come back the right way are stepping back. At least any who are coming from a place of good faith.
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cyberspaceman777 Mar 26, 2026 +2
They are here illegally, in a civil court. Do you keep Trump to the same standard?
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