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The United States of America has some new rules. If youre a child and an adult tried to get you into this country via an unacceptable route, were going to make sure you are never given a bar of soap. And, if you lose your lice comb (the one you were told to share with others) you will sleep directly on the concrete.
In case you think youre going to hang around in the lap of luxury, were going to set the temperature near the freezing mark and keep the lights on all night. Dont ask for a real blanket. The answer is NO.
Remember your Mother? Youll probably never see her again, and you wont see your Father either. If youre female and about twelve years old, youre going to be given a strangers infant to take care of. If the baby cries, figure it out because nobody gives a shit.
So youre eighteen and just gave birth and have breast milk all over the shirt youve been wearing for three months? TOUGH. Dont expect a shower because the answer to that is NO.
And for you lawyers out there....you do-gooders....have fun in the clogged courts. Good luck trying to find a translator. Good luck trying to match kids up with their parents. Good luck searching for documents that arent there.
Yup....New Rules. Put people in their place. Let em know that there is a Pecking Order here and the top is always pure, bright white.
When you stop and think about it, conspiring with Russia is NOTHING compared to some reckless 11-year old sneaking into the country you love so very much. We just cant overlook certain things.
watoos
(7,142 posts)that Trump and his Republicans never do, you called them people.
diva77
(7,640 posts)article is a year old -- so some of this info may have changed...
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Tell 22 Companies Involved with Detaining Immigrants and Separating Families to Do Better
by Tracy Fernandez Rysavy June 21, 2018
https://www.greenamerica.org/22companiesdetainingfamilies
Call your representatives in Congress.
Divest from: Geo Corp, CoreCivic (CXW: NYSE), Wells Fargo (WFC: NYSE), Bank of America (BAC: NYSE), JPMorgan Chase (JPM: NYSE), BNP Paribas (BNP: NYSE), SunTrust (STI: NYSE), and US Bancorp (USB: NYSE), Accenture, and General Dynamics
Also divest from: "the Million Shares Club,"a list of companies that each own over 1 million shares in Geo Group and CoreCivic
Contact and complain: Accenture, Comprehensive Health Services Inc., Dynamic Service Solutions, LLC, Dynamic Education Systems, a subsidiary of Exodyne, General Dynamics, MVM, Inc., Southwest Key Programs, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, Delta Airlines
Thank for its policies: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines
Donate supplies like toothpaste and diapers, and funds for legal support.
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The language in this article seems too mild for my tastes. I hope there is something from 2019 with similar but updated info. and stronger language
democrank
(11,094 posts)diva77
(7,640 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)de:plor·a·ble
adjective
deserving strong condemnation.
"the deplorable conditions in which most prisoners are held"
synonyms: disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable, disreputable, discreditable, unworthy, shabby, inexcusable, unpardonable, unforgivable; More
shockingly bad in quality.
"her spelling was deplorable"
synonyms: lamentable, regrettable, grievous, unfortunate, wretched, dire, atrocious, abysmal, very bad, awful, terrible, dreadful, diabolical; More
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)I have to agree with those who say that Trump's followers are scarier than Trump himself. He has "only" thirty percent of the country behind him? That means nearly one third of our citizens are "Deplorables." Sorry, but for all the flack she took, Hillary was absolutely correct in coming up with that moniker. I always knew there were a few Deplorables around, but their sheer numbers are almost paralyzingly disheartening. I'm always reminded, as well, of George Carlin's classic reminder that if there is an "average" intelligence, then half of Americans are BELOW average intelligence.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)TEB
(12,841 posts)Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)No showers, no soap, no clean clothes. And fucking lice combs.
America is a disgrace.
2naSalit
(86,577 posts)verbal, psychological and sexual abuse.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)I know lice isnt the worse thing these poor people are enduring but the juxtaposition of lice combs without basic hygiene like soap and clean clothes is so blatant.
I didnt even make the connection until this morning. Of course there is a lice problem. What the hell good are the combs?
And yet that bitch Sarah Fabian stood in front of the judges saying soap wasnt a part of sanitary conditions. This is intentional from the guards up through every level of ICE and into the DOJ at least.
Lice is always a problem in concentration camps. There will eventually be outbreaks of disease and many more deaths.
2naSalit
(86,577 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)It use to be up front and out in the open. Racism. Genocide of native peoples. Bigotry of anyone different from ourselves. But times changed and such things were relegated to the shadows. Jokes among coworkers and friends. Racial slurs whispered. Then along came the conservative movement, the Christian right and all their spawn. They made it OK once again to openly be an asinine jackass.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)a tragic and terrible end.
localroger
(3,626 posts)As David Byrne sang (with the Talking Heads) in 1988...
It was light
By five
Torn all apart
All in the name of democracy
He's hurt
He's dying
Claimed he was a terrorist
Claimed to avert a catastrophe
Someone should'a told him
That the buck stops here
No one ever said
That he was involved with thieves
...
He was shot down in the night! People
ride by but his body's still alive
The girl in the window what has she
Done? She looks down at me
Says: "I don't want to die!"
...
Somebody could have told us where they go
Crawling all around looking for foot, foot, footprints
Now tell me what the hell have we become?
Some dirty little bastards what the hell is going on?
ananda
(28,858 posts)It sucks!
GeorgeGist
(25,320 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,328 posts)2naSalit
(86,577 posts)Turin_C3PO
(13,974 posts)Moving in the right direction with President Obama.
kimbutgar
(21,137 posts)Fat Donnie and the repukes are so inhumane and its blasphemous they call themselves Christian!
They are disciplines of the devil.
Initech
(100,068 posts)To: "Go fuck yourselves, country's closed. Moose out front should have told you."
dweller
(23,629 posts)just wait til these babies grow up with their scarred psyches ...
revenge is a dish best served cold ...
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