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snot

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Sun May 25, 2025, 02:30 PM May 25

Deals with Other Countries to Hold "Illegal" Immigrants [View all]

Even if due process is afforded, how is sending people fleeing their own countries to another country likely to lock them up forever in terrible conditions not "cruel and unusual punishment"? Does the 8th Amendment not protect non-citizens?

This practice is quite possibly more dehumanizing to those who abet or acquiesce in it than it is to its victims.

A list of countries that have entered or are considering agreements to hold our "illegal" immigrants can be found at https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/here-are-countries-have-reached-or-are-considering-deportation-deals-us .

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