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JohnnyRingo

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8. These five states are not doing this for the sake of law enforcement

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:16 AM

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They're making these offers for money. Which make me wonder just how much we're paying to house each undocumented prisoner.

Republicans always derided democrats for "throwing money at a problem", but seem to think a few billion dollars on new prison camps is better spent than bailing out an unemployed single mother.

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