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Billions are being spent to detain immigrants. What a colossal waste on an immoral, hateful policy.

How many in the path of #Florence could that help?

"Southwest Key has received $1.39 billion..Baptist Child & Family Services has received $942 million.

cbsnews.com/amp/news/the-b…
How many could it have helped in #PuertoRico?

How many people complaining about jobs and the economy could've had their lives improved?

How many mass shootings could've been stopped?

How many roads and bridges could've been built?

How much could we have improved health care?
How much more secure could we have made our elections?

How many climate disasters could we have ameliorated, if not prevented?

How many people could've been retrained for better paying jobs?

Think elections don't affect you?

They do, whether you know it or not

#FlipTheSenate
UPDATE:

ICE seeks ANOTHER $1 BILLION to deport even MORE immigrants.

Whose interest is being served here?

Because it’s not yours or mine.

#FreeTheChildren

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Even MORE money wasted to put harmless migrants in prisons!

@GOP got a campaign slogan for you:

“We spent your tax dollars to put kids in jail!

Sorry about that collapsed bridge, though.

Can’t protect you from toddlers and still fund infrastructure.”

nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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The rule of law applies equally to EVERYONE in America regardless of how they arrive

That’s why @lawyers4goodgov created

PROJECT CORAZON

to help refugees at the border

HERE IS ONE LAWYER’S TALE

Please donate so we can continue our mission

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On November 10, 2018, Spanish-speaking immigration attorney attorney Nancy Arevalo traveled to Mexico, with support from the #L4GG Foundation, to provide legal help to people in the migrant caravan

This is her experience
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@Alyssa_Milano I agree, this incident MUST be investigated. Justice MUST be served.

But that’s only the start. We have to review EVERYTHING.

The separation policy. Its implementation. Whether it violates the Flores settlement. Whether it violates the stay. And more.

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When the Trump administration began the family separation policy, they first denied it existed. Then Sessions officially announced the policy, ridiculously proclaiming that the Bible supported it.

Trump lied and blamed Democrats for creating the policy.

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There must be hearings about who began this, when, what instructions they gave to CBP, what legal authority they claimed supports it and what their implementation plan was.

Of course, it’s clear they had no plan. They were playing with children’s lives.

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So all of us in the #resistance are giving ourselves a big pat on the back for the #BlueWave. After all, we took 40 seats and soon @TeamPelosi will be House Speaker

Great job! We think. After two long years we can finally take it easy.

NOT. SO. FAST.

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Yes, it was wonderful to see those Democratic candidates win. And nice to see our effort rewarded.

With control of the House, we now have a Constitutional check on the president PLUS we control more governorships and state legislatures

But there’s still a TON of work to do.
As the past few days have shown, we still have a corrupt president: compromised by Russia, beholden to Saudi Arabia, unwilling to acknowledge basic facts about climate change and seemingly unconcerned about the sanctity of human life.

#TrumpTowerMoscow #Khashoggi
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#Florence is finally moving away from the Carolinas (severe flooding still ongoing for several more days), and the long-term recovery process is beginning. It's important to keep in mind the psychological impacts of disasters on humans. (Thread)
Many people impacted by a disaster, especially those with direct experience, endure temporary distress after the event, which can take days or weeks to diminish.
Symptoms of temporary distress include trouble sleeping, becoming angry or upset more easily, problems at school or work, a sense of isolation, flashbacks or nightmares, and difficulty concentrating or listening.
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Attention plz share thread: Juan Sanchez, a National Council of La Raza (now UnidosUS) board member, is also CEO of Southwest Key Programs. Southwest Key has received $995 million in federal funds since 2015 to house migrant children. Over a 3 year period, Southwest Key had....
...more than 200 violations at its facilities including a resident failing to receive proper treatment for a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Southwest Key operates “the largest licensed shelter for immigrant children in the United States. A 250,000-square-foot facility....
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NEW FROM PHOENIX: Large groups of children come and go at more than a dozen nondescript facilities in quiet neighborhoods around Arizona, black gates opening for white vans and employees only 1) azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
Many of the kids are Hispanic, neighbors say, and appear to be as young as 7 or 8. Signs are labeled Southwest Key, and say little else 2)
Even though they've lived next door for years, many neighbors don’t know what the facilities are, or what goes on inside. 3)
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Pepperdine College Republicans presents @benshapiro in a few minutes! Stay with us as we live tweet the event.
Pepperdine College Republicans President and SGA President Austin Welch gives the opening remarks. “The administration and this community have been so supportive of this civil thought and discourse.”
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1/
 RT @ThomasWictor

(3) The Iranians are reporting that in response to Trump, a crackdown is beginning, and all news coming out of Iran is being shut down.

@davealvord164
To me and you
this seems like a disaster
until you remember GCC and Trump's military is different
2/
 1st, Let's establish 2x Theories

that
1-Trump's Military is operating different then Obama's
2-@ThomasWictor GCC's is THAT Good

"Dave, you can't prove #1, you are full of sh*t."

Ok, maybe I can't, but US Army BG Nicholson can.

foxnews.com/politics/2017/…
3/
 Pakistan ISI
causing YUGE problems in Afghanistan for Years

ISI is Pakistan's CIA and they are VERY good

These 500x ISI
were NOT their Nerds and Techs
they were the best of the best SEAL/DELTA/Intel-types
and
BG Nicholson had enough of their shit

cnn.com/2017/04/13/pol…
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