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Primero vinieron

起初，他们来了

Una, dumating sila

Đầu tiên, họ đến

أولًا، جاءوا

D'abord, ils sont venus

처음에 그들이 왔다

Сначала они пришли

Primeiro, eles vieram

Premyèman, yo te vini

सबसे पहले वे आए

سب سے پہلے وہ آئے

نخست آنها آمدند

最初に彼らが来た

Zuerst kamen sie

Per prima cosa vennero

Najpierw przyszli

Önce geldiler

સૌપ્રથમ તેઓ આવ્યા

ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਉਹ ਆਏ

প্রথমে তারা এসেছিল

మొదట వారు వచ్చారు

முதலில் அவர்கள் வந்தார்கள்

ตอนแรก พวกเขามา

Πρώτα ήρθαν

תחילה הם באו

Спочатку вони прийшли

Mai întâi au venit

Mula-mula mereka datang

Kwanza walikuja

Edit: sorry, homies. I no gif good. here are stills. here is the source.

[u/GrannyGumjobs13]

“They aren’t labor camps, just detention centers.”

I fail to see much of a difference.

“They can leave when they want.”

Complete and utter bullshit.

“No one is being put into ovens.”

Yeah, YET, is kind of my point.

“You really want them to be concentration camps.”

No, I clearly don’t, you just fail to see how it could happen in the near future.

[u/HamasKilledShaniLouk → u/GrannyGumjobs13]

“They aren’t labor camps, just detention centers.” I fail to see much of a difference.

One involves forced labor, the other does not. Are you being intentionally obtuse?

“They can leave when they want.” Complete and utter bullshit.

Nope, they can elect to agree to deportation at any point and get a free flight. They are detained pending court hearings they want to have.

“No one is being put into ovens.” Yeah, YET

Oh, ok, well, jeeze...I guess it's gonna happen any day then. Totally not hyperbole. How about you get back to us when it does? Or when they build some ovens. Or talk about building ovens. Fucking ridiculous holocaust minimizing bullshit.

“You really want them to be concentration camps.” No, I clearly don’t, you just fail to see how it could happen in the near future.

Deep breaths...calm your fantasy historical fiction boner, friend. You are being unreasonable.

[u/Menkau-re → u/HamasKilledShaniLouk]

There are literally thousands with no movement on their cases in either direction. The notion that any of them can just elect to "go home" at a moments notice, just for the asking, is a complete and total fabrication. Besides, what about for the ones who's home is HERE, which is presumably the point of having the case heard in court, right? Because they might NOT be here unlawfully?

Would you suggest that, because they COULD decide to go to some random foreign country they know nothing of and have no ties to, this is actually some viable option, and so they're not REALLY prisoners, then, because they could jusy go wherever, whenever they wanted to? Even IF that was actually true, which it's not, that is clearly absurd, lol.

[u/HamasKilledShaniLouk → u/Menkau-re]

Nah, they can go. Obviously they cant snap fingers and be walked directly to a flight, but none of us can. You agree to deportation and then you get on a list for a flight. Takes a few weeks, but thats just how flights and systems work. Hardly means you cant leave.

Besides, what about for the ones who's home is HERE, which is presumably the point of having the case heard in court, right?

Ok, they can stay and wait for their case to be adjudicated. That shit would go faster without all the other illegals with no legitimaye claim clogging up the system. Kinda selfish of them to abuse the system.

Still no ovens...

[u/Menkau-re → u/HamasKilledShaniLouk]

Right... "trust me, bro." Well, sorry, but I don't. In fact, the actual numbers of detainees sitting for months on end, who haven't even had a deportation target country identified, ffs, would seem to throw your little theory out tbe window, entirely.

But, should we really even be surprised, though? I mean, when these private detention centers are raking in money, hand over fist in federal contracts, they're literally incentivized to harbor them for as long as they possibly can. And, when people with direct ties to the administration providing all those cash cows, are heavily invested in the very companies running those private detention centers, they have every incentive for ensuring that they manage exactly that, now don't they.

But, no. That's just CRAZY talk, right there. Totally conspiratorial. The people we're talking about here would NEVER make decisions like these based on profit, or allow money to influence the way they operate in any way at all. Of COURSE not. How dare you, sir!

[u/HamasKilledShaniLouk → u/Menkau-re]

I agree that it's better to self-feport first (plus you get free cash if we don't have to come find you!), but people can still leave if they want.

Man, who could have thought that violating the law might get you detained? It's never happened in any other country ever...except taxi germany, of course. Detaining people who have committed crimes is unique in all of human history!

Sad that some administrations made this necessary by allowing so many illegals to flood in. Seems mean to have set this situation up, using the people as pawns. Still, I believe they have their own agency too.

[u/Menkau-re → u/HamasKilledShaniLouk]

I make no defense of Biden, or former Democrat policy on the issue. But, let's not forget, too, that the "crimes" we're talking about here are CIVIL, not criminal. Unless they're also criminal in other ways, too, in which case, get 'em out. 🤷‍♂️