Jonathan V. Last
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But like there, there are choices that are made by the government about how to handle situations such as this. You know what I mean? It's like, We could change the law where if you run a red light, you get jailed for life or you could get a ticket. There's a whole range of different punishments for things such as this.
And the notion โ and this is happening across the board on these immigration detentions and every story I read about it โ is that this administration, probably because the private prison lobby is the one that's making the most bank during the Trump years, private prison folks are crushing right now.
And the notion โ and this is happening across the board on these immigration detentions and every story I read about it โ is that this administration, probably because the private prison lobby is the one that's making the most bank during the Trump years, private prison folks are crushing right now.
And the notion โ and this is happening across the board on these immigration detentions and every story I read about it โ is that this administration, probably because the private prison lobby is the one that's making the most bank during the Trump years, private prison folks are crushing right now.
They've made a decision that anybody who has an immigration violation, you get shackled, put on the bus, and sent to Natchez, Louisiana, or the other places where there are these private prisons, and you sit there. And that's where Malcolm Khalil is. That's where this Danish guy is.
They've made a decision that anybody who has an immigration violation, you get shackled, put on the bus, and sent to Natchez, Louisiana, or the other places where there are these private prisons, and you sit there. And that's where Malcolm Khalil is. That's where this Danish guy is.
They've made a decision that anybody who has an immigration violation, you get shackled, put on the bus, and sent to Natchez, Louisiana, or the other places where there are these private prisons, and you sit there. And that's where Malcolm Khalil is. That's where this Danish guy is.
That's where the woman from Georgia that I've been talking about, the woman from Mexico, she got sent to one of these in Georgia. And it's like, none of these people are...
That's where the woman from Georgia that I've been talking about, the woman from Mexico, she got sent to one of these in Georgia. And it's like, none of these people are...
That's where the woman from Georgia that I've been talking about, the woman from Mexico, she got sent to one of these in Georgia. And it's like, none of these people are...
are a danger to their community why are they in cells like there's no reason for it besides like intimidation cruelty and wanting to you know uh give widgets to your private prison pals right human widgets because like none of these folks are have any past crimes or any threats to their community and all of them you're trying to get them to leave so There's no flight risk.
are a danger to their community why are they in cells like there's no reason for it besides like intimidation cruelty and wanting to you know uh give widgets to your private prison pals right human widgets because like none of these folks are have any past crimes or any threats to their community and all of them you're trying to get them to leave so There's no flight risk.
are a danger to their community why are they in cells like there's no reason for it besides like intimidation cruelty and wanting to you know uh give widgets to your private prison pals right human widgets because like none of these folks are have any past crimes or any threats to their community and all of them you're trying to get them to leave so There's no flight risk.
It's not like, ooh, maybe the Danish guy will leave to Denmark. That's what you want. So it's not like there's a flight risk situation. There's no reason this man should be away from his four children. Even if in the end you do a stupid policy that I disagree with, which is to deport him. In the meantime, the idea that he should be in a prison in Louisiana is fucking insane and inhumane.
It's not like, ooh, maybe the Danish guy will leave to Denmark. That's what you want. So it's not like there's a flight risk situation. There's no reason this man should be away from his four children. Even if in the end you do a stupid policy that I disagree with, which is to deport him. In the meantime, the idea that he should be in a prison in Louisiana is fucking insane and inhumane.
It's not like, ooh, maybe the Danish guy will leave to Denmark. That's what you want. So it's not like there's a flight risk situation. There's no reason this man should be away from his four children. Even if in the end you do a stupid policy that I disagree with, which is to deport him. In the meantime, the idea that he should be in a prison in Louisiana is fucking insane and inhumane.
And that's the center of this. And it's happening across the board.
And that's the center of this. And it's happening across the board.
And that's the center of this. And it's happening across the board.
My suspicion is that they recognize that actually finding and deporting all the people that they want to find and deport is not going to be possible, even after they get the money from this bill to staff up on the immigration enforcement. It's just too hard to find everyone. It's too resource intensive. I mean, doing the math on the plane loads and the bus loads of people, it's too forbidding.