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So much for freedom for all

ASSOCIATED PRESS

In recent months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has called for five new detention facilities to be built and operated by private prison corporations. Critics are alarmed at the rising fortunes of an industry that had fallen out of favor with the previous administration.

So much for the American ideals of freedom if you are seeking freedom and are an immigrant of color. This does not happen to the white race.

Please join me in mourning the death of our democratic experiment, which is being replaced by a narcissistic and fascist society headed by a demigod emperor. Shame on you, Southern Bible-thumping hypocrites, for voting and supporting the Trumpster.

David B. Pittman

Union

This story was originally published December 5, 2017 at 2:13 PM with the headline "So much for freedom for all."

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