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It's not even close to the same.

> fuck knows how many

~38,000 [1]

> migrants (and children) in concentration camps

People who violated immigration law. (Also, many are free to leave, via voluntary departure.)

> "terrorists" in concentration camps

People who violated international law.

> slaves in overcrowded prisons

People who violated federal or state law.

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In particular, those laws do not prohibit religious faith or speech.

I'd suggest a closer analogy to the Muslim re-education centers would be Japanese internment facilities in the U.S during the 1940s.

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[1] https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/immigration-detention-in-t...



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