Thread by @MsKellyMHayes

Please don't look at what's happening & think that a system that was otherwise humane suddenly produced the conditions you're hearing about solely bc of Trump. These camps are what happens when a demagogue gets control of an already cruel and violent system. This is escalation.

.@MayaSchenwar and I wrote a piece about the lineage of Trump's torture facilities along the border. We must #CloseTheCamps while having an analysis of how all of this was built, and what it exists in concert with. truthout.org/articles/they-…

I also wrote this piece cautioning against oversimplifications of what we are up against. truthout.org/articles/the-p…

Now, I'm fundraising to get as many people out of detention as we can this week. While we fight to close the camps, we have to bond these folks out every chance we get. I don't do patriotic holidays, but I will celebrate getting ppl free. #FreedomDay

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Friends, we are on day 3 of this effort & we've raised $11,469! Conditions in detention are dire, so let's keep this moving. Migrants who are released on bail have a MUCH greater chance of avoiding deportation. Let's help them. #FreedomDay #CloseTheCamps
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If you cannot donate or already have, here are some more ways to help us raise bail money for detained migrant folks today: facebook.com/hayeskelly/pos…

#FreedomDay #CloseTheCamps