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1/ If you are thinking about investing in @PalantirTech, then here are some people who you should be aware of.

#DefundPalantir #NoTechForICE
2/ A 7-year-old boy fled Honduras after his dad was murdered and his mom left him. His uncle took him in.

ICE agents came to their home claiming that they were checking on the boy.

With the boy watching, the agents arrested the uncle and then put him in removal proceedings.
3/ A gang breaks into the home of two brothers in El Salvador and assaults them. They flee to the U.S. to be with their mom.

They give CBP officers their mom's name and address.

Then ICE agents show up at her house, arrest her, and deport her to El Salvador.
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1/ I've worked in tech policy for a decade. In most rooms, I'm usually the only Latino - almost always the only Latinx immigrant.

If you care about immigrants or Latinx people, if you care about kids, I need you to care about Palantir's IPO next Tuesday.
slate.com/technology/202…
2/ Palantir wrote the final layer of code facilitating countless deportations - and Trump's first systematic family separations.

When confronted, Palantir's CEO has made demonstrably false denials. He has lied.

Their stock goes on sale Tuesday as if none of this had happened.
3/ A teen arrives alone at the border after traveling 2,000 miles to escape a violent uncle. Feds ask his brother to take him in.

The brother asks: If I say yes, will ICE come for me? They say no.

7 months later, ICE shows up at his house and arrests him santafenewmexican.com/news/local_new…
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