Helpful chart of ICE contractors. "3,231 contractors have sold over $12.7 billion worth of goods and services to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since 2010" usaspending.gov.https://t.co/LqftDWRbpX
Marquez Vance Marquez (MVM) provides contractors to govt agencies. $404M alone to ICE since 2010. Hiring a lot of linguists like "Urban Dialect English" in Queens. "Complex and/or highly idiomatic speech, slang, and colloquial aka #jive expressions"mvminc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/mvmcareers
Jive is a complex language attributed to inner city dwellers of African origin. Explorers used to hire translators to speak patois, krio and other lingua franca. I truly want to hear the jive comprehension test administered by an old white guy.
Here is a helpful guide for white people (or anyone not from Queens I guess) to talk jive and find gainful employment as a jive mercenary linguist for MVM. letsmoovengroove.com.au/extras/blog/24…
You can practice your pidgin over here: bbc.com/pidgin/tori-53…
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