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    1. Alex Yablon‏Verified account @AlexYablon Jul 3
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      Alex Yablon Retweeted Michael Tracey

      Again, he doesn’t look at what politicians and activists are actually demanding - do not separate families, process asylum seekers as quickly as in the past, actually provide necessities of life to people while detained which should be for less than 72 hourshttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1146527502879416321 …

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      Michael TraceyVerified account @mtracey
      Lots of people saying "just release them" which might play well on Very Online Left Twitter but in order to sell a policy change as dramatic as that to the general public -- even the Dem primary electorate -- you're going to need more than buzzy slogans https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1146491860967481345 …
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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 3
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      I was just inundated with online media personalities and activists demanding no border enforcement and conditions-free release of all people in the facilities. They’re intrinsically against the concept of detention, not just the currently-existing detention centers.

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        2. Alex Yablon‏Verified account @AlexYablon Jul 3
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          You just went from “what are people proposing” to “what are online people proposing.” And in any case, “catch and release” was common practice for decades. Even that was only necessary because of antiquated immigration law that disproportionately restricts people from LatAm.

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 3
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          "Online people" are a type of "people" because they play an outsized role in the public conversation, along with likeminded journalists and activists, a huge number of which just informed me that their preferred policy is to simply release the detainees without conditions.

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        1. Michael Drew‏ @MikeDrewWhat Jul 3
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          Also to @AlexYablon: what politicians are demanding that no detention extend past 72 hours?

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        1. Yekaterina K‏ @BlackRoses_888 Jul 3
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          It's the same crowd who want 'restorative justice' for violent offenders. Any kind of detention is problematic for them.

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        2. KarenJewel‏ @KarenJewel Jul 3
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          And, just releasing everyone to where? How will they survive? There's got to be another solution.

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        3. Maik Q‏ @paratroopMike Jul 4
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          All you have to do is look at what was done a few years prior. There’s precedence, we can start by improving on that.

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        1. AAC‏ @YngBldAC Jul 3
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          Yes to this

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        1. Jumbo Shrimp‏ @JumboShrimp787 Jul 3
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          Ever wonder why detain in the first place, while in Europe, (during my time) there was no detention, the doors were wide open, for anyone to go as they pleased, walk around town, shop, see concerts, go to church, go on short trips? In the US, you can live fine as an illegal.

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        1. DSA xxxtra thicc wife guy‏ @johnevmiller Jul 3
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          Enforce currently existing us law which includes international treaties it has signed regarding the treatment of refugees, which are both international and domestic law. There, how’s that for ya, jerky

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        1. Sam Schinke‏ @sschinke Jul 3
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          "I was just inundated with media personalities and activists demanding no gestapo activity and the conditions-free release of all the political prisoners and Jews. They're intrinsically against the concept of fascism, not just the currently-existing detention centers."

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        1. Trent Sickle‏ @Trentsickle Jul 3
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          Didn’t think this would turn into “online people aren’t real people” lmao

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        1. Deplorable4Snowden‏ @tweet4snowden Jul 3
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          As many Dem candidates who said they want to decriminalize border crossings.

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        1. St. Mark‏ @Markuserealeus Jul 3
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          Alex walks his argument from claiming activists are only demanding reasonable procedural changes to a case for open borders within the same thread. Activists need to own their genuine position here; we know where anti-immigration proponents stand.

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        1. AMIT KAMBLE‏ @AMITMKAMBLE Jul 3
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          Not sure what's the logic behind ur argument. People seeking asylum r separated from children & kept in bad conditions. U can't keep anyone detained 4 so long without processing their case. Argument behind 'release them' isnt 2 b border free but 2 nt 2 do human rights violations

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        1. SpringAyn‏ @SpringAyn Jul 3
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          Exactly, SCAN this article, they call it "abolition" to close jails & prisons, saying it's needed to bring world communism, "sovereign cities" etc. Fear tactic End of Days> Greenism+Migrants+Prisoners+Activists = Commie takeoverhttps://www.scalawagmagazine.org/2019/06/green-new-deal-editorial/ …

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