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 sloganshttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1146491860967481345 …
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Replying to @mtracey
i know you don't actually give a shit about discussing policy but i'll pretend you do for a sec: "just releasing" people wasbasically policy until the '90s. mass immigrant detention wasn't a thing until the 1996 illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibilty act :)
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Just release them to go where? Wander around to die in the
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Replying to @JamesQether @mtracey
most migrants (and like, 99.99% of the children in CBP and ORR custody) have family members or friends in the US. the ones that don’t usually seek help from shelters or other charities
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Replying to @gabydvj
On what basis do you contend that I "don't actually give a shit about discussing policy"? How can you possibly know that? I'm happy to discuss policy with you, for the record.
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Replying to @mtracey
idk man it probably has something to do with the fact that you've suggested ending the relatively new, extremely punitive policy of widespread detention is some ultra-woke fantasy and not like, just a reversion to pre-1996 practices
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so either you're unfamiliar with the history of immigration enforcement and unwilling to just like, look things up, or you're familiar with it and you're making bad faith arguments regardless!
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Replying to @gabydvj
I wasn't making any particular argument, notwithstanding your reflexive ascription of bad faith. I was observing that activist/media opinion on this topic has shifted rapidly in a short period of time,and the underlying principles from which they're operating should be elucidated
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Replying to @mtracey
“activist” opinion on this hasn’t “shifted rapidly” over the last year, immigration activists have been calling for an end to these policies since before obama was in office. saying otherwise only proves that you’re wading into something you’ve made no effort to understand
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I mean “activists” in the sense of Democratic Party-aligned activists, operatives, and journalists who’ve suddenly decided this issue is a moral crisis while having previously ignored it, but there you go again with the reflexive ascription of bad faith
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You also didn’t answer my questionhttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1147901997628252161 …
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Michael TraceyVerified account @mtraceyReplying to @mtracey @gabydvjSo, what's your operating principle? You clearly have strong views on this subject. I won't ascribe bad faith, I'll simply ask. Is your operating principle simply that the US should return to pre-1996 practices? Or do you have more fundamental objections?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mtracey
i didn’t answer your question because i’m having a nice day in the park and my phone died, pls calm down. also if you meant democratic party operatives, you should’ve said that
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