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title: "Laws, by definition, use the threat of punishment to ensure…"
date: 2018-06-19
source: facebook
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# Laws, by definition, use the threat of punishment to ensure…

*June 19, 2018 · Facebook*

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[https://twitter.com/ImmCivilRights/status/1008902662828511232](https://twitter.com/ImmCivilRights/status/1008902662828511232){target="_blank"}
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Laws, by definition, use the threat of punishment to ensure obedience. Without the threat of imprisonment, beatings, and death, laws would be mere suggestions. Therefore, as long as we have immigration suppression laws, this kind of thing is inevitable.\
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Obama in 2015 on Family Detention: "I'll tell you what we can't have. It's these parents sending their kids here on a dangerous journey and putting their lives at risk."
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