Re:GitHub and US Government Developers
by toomuchtodo on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:36PM
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I think there is a distinction between illegal immigrants (people who are not in the country legally as citizens or on a visa, regardless of country of origin) and asylum seekers. One has support of legislation (asylum seekers), the other does not (without disregarding the idea of national sovereignty; this thread should not be where the merits of borders and sovereignty is debated though). Regardless, everyone in ICE custody should be treated humanely and with dignity.
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Re:GitHub and US Government Developers
by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:39PM
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That's why I'm making the quote "illegal aliens". The majority of people who are in ICE custody are, as far as I understand, legal asylum seekers. However, they're depicted as illegal.
Re:GitHub and US Government Developers
by toomuchtodo on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:42PM
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https://www.ice.gov/detention-management#tab2 appears to be a canonical statistics data source, although I admit it will take me more than a cursory glance to have an understanding of the data, and I don't want to make a statement that isn't accurate due to not having a full understanding of said data.