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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 11 Sep 2014

    80% of female migrants crossing US-MX border are raped. To prepare, many take birth control. http://boingboing.net/2014/09/11/study-80-of-female-migrants.html …pic.twitter.com/3beQ3Z4KNx

    5:55 PM - 11 Sep 2014
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      2. jennifer "v jolly scientist" laughran‏ @literaticat 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Horrifying. > RT “@BoingBoing: 80% of female migrants crossing US-MX border are raped." http://boingboing.net/2014/09/11/study-80-of-female-migrants.html … pic.twitter.com/MhLiOoqjFB”

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      1. Dayani Cristal‏ @DayaniCristal 12 Sep 2014
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        .@BoingBoing @xeni re migrant women, watch "6 out of 10" http://youtu.be/aOi9hoSfCLc  & take action http://whoisdayanicristal.com/takeaction  #not1more #bordercrisis

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      1. KGB J. Milleropoulos‏ @Charwhick 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing Illegal Migrants. Illegal. Very few Legal migrants suffer any form of injury or injustice. You forgot to mention that.

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      2. Alan Bauchop‏ @alanbauchop 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing "Perpetrators can be coyotes..." Huh?

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      1. krissmisseveryday‏ @krissmissed 12 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing @MESAPurdue

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      1. V‏ @funkyconserv 12 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing @tahDeetz Are @SandraFluke & the rest of the #feminazi hags waiting at the border to give them birth control and free abortions?

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      1. Brent Longborough‏ @orelhoes 12 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing @xeni That must make you Yanks *so* proud.

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      1. D̵̨̧̝̟͇̀̎̏̅̄̑̔̎I̝̭͔͙̫̰̲̒̅̄̔̎̀͢͢E̴͓͕̲̬̱͌̓̓̀͐̿͡ ~‏ @diebooth 12 Sep 2014
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        RT "@BoingBoing: 80% of female migrants crossing US-MX border are raped http://boingboing.net/2014/09/11/study-80-of-female-migrants.html …" heartbreaking, as are the replies.

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      2. Roshni Nair‏ @dire_nair 11 Sep 2014
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        Disturbing "@BoingBoing: 80% of female migrants crossing US-MX border are raped. To prepare, many take birth control http://boingboing.net/2014/09/11/study-80-of-female-migrants.html …"

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      3. Alyssa G. Lobo‏ @filmibaby 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @dire_nair

        @savagespacetaco @BoingBoing considering that most Mexicans are catholic, that must be a major decision to take

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      4. Roshni Nair‏ @dire_nair 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @filmibaby

        @filmibaby One of many, I'm sure. Sad.

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      1. Mike‏ @mrikey 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing "raped by coyotes" - didn't realise coyote also meant smuggler, was confused as hell.

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      1. Cecil Henry‏ @cecilhenry 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing One problem: AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS, ASIA FOR THE ASIANS, WHITE COUNTRIES FOR EVERYBODY? “Diversity” means White Genocide

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      1. Snark Twain‏ @SESweeting 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing @misterjt jesus.

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      1. 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚒𝚒‏ @Cobal7hue 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing and stop calling them "workers." They are SLAVES. They do it against their will.

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      1. 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚒𝚒‏ @Cobal7hue 11 Sep 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing what do the Mexican authorities do about it? They rape them too. I've heard stories from victims.

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      1. OpenYourEyes‏ @openyoreyes 11 Sep 2014
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        @BoingBoing if Latin America wasn't such a toilet more people would stay there.

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