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For the record, folks, the new immigration policy still involves indefinite incarceration for families. This means perpetual incarceration. It is a violation of a legal settlement put into place 20 years ago because incarcerating a child, even with family, creates permanent harm.
There is also still no plan for reuniting families already separated.
This is how the Overton window gets shifted
"push things until they break, then dial them back just barely enough and pretend we have done a merciful thing".
@savanni Yeah seriously. I mean... I get that you want to keep an eye on people but that's 'require weekly check-in' not 'throw in a prison camp'
The strategy in place here is a standard one for abusers and dictators. Take a barely tolerable situation, turn it into a true moral abomination, and then take credit for dialing it back.
To call today's situation "better" is to give moral support to those who made this humanitarian crisis to begin with.