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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDaily Kos ArticleFormer Border Patrol Janitor Collected & Photographed Seized Migrant Belongings
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/6/19/1773450/-Former-Border-Patrol-Janitor-Collected-Photographed-Seized-Migrant-Belongings?detail=emaildkreThis is rather chilling and reminds me of what they did to the Jewish people. We got to stop this.
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Daily Kos ArticleFormer Border Patrol Janitor Collected & Photographed Seized Migrant Belongings (Original Post)
bdamomma
Jun 2018
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nuxvomica
(12,470 posts)1. Some of those items look quite valuable
Two gold forks and possibly silverware, and probably some expensive rosaries. I was intrigued by the water jigs covered in fabric. Does that just make them easier to carry or does it allow them to cool the water by soaking the fabric?
sinkingfeeling
(51,499 posts)2. Read the article, we're throwing away their IDs, wallets, money, keys
and anything we feel like. If there is a God, hope he can forgive us.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)3. Who are they to decide what items are
non-essential items??! Why take away their rosary beads??
This is too reminiscent of the Hocaust.
Rhiannon12866
(206,920 posts)4. The similarities are terrifying!
Did none of these monsters ever study history??
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)5. Excellent question. But my guess is any who did
would refuse to recognize any similarity. It's not our imagination -- psychologists say they are really good at fooling themselves. No surprise. They practice almost constantly.