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“Deporting people from the only country they've ever known is *slightly* worse than sexual masochism, imo.”

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“I remember wondering what it must feel like to belong to American whiteness and to know you can do whatever you want because nobody you love is deportable. Your worst crime might get you locked up forever but they'll never take away your claim to this country.”

America Deportation Immigrant

Book:Infinite Country

Source: Infinite Country

“Cette image d'enfant favorite, voire un peu capricieuse, m'a longtemps collé à la peau. A tel point qu'à notre retour de déportation, lorsque ma soeur aîné a revu une amie, celle-ci a eu l'inconscience de lui lancer: "J'espère qu'au moins la déportation aura mis un peu de plomb dans la cervelle de Simone!" Losque Milou m'a rapporté la réflexion, j'ai été abasourdie. Quelle bizarre époque que ces années-là, où les gens n'avaient pas toujours conscience de l'impact de leurs propos.”

Deportation Veil Simone Veil Juive

Book:Une vie

Source: Une vie

“Dusk had fallen, and shadows loomed larger than life. An eerie mask of quiet enveloped the houses like some foreboding fog. Anyone hiding within nearby walls hardly dared to breathe, fearing getting dragged from their homes and added to the forced deportation march.”

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Author:Cathy Burnham Martin

“Sometimes, we don't miss the person who left us. We just wonder why it took them so long to leave.”

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Book:Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

“Since 2003, ICE has locked up over two million people. If the FIRRP data hold across detention centers and one percent of these occupants are U.S. citizens, then since 2003, ICE has incarcerated over 20,000 U.S. citizens, and deported thousands more.”

Immigration Deportation 2011

Book:U.S. Government Unlawfully Detaining and Deporting U.S. Citizens as Aliens

Source: U.S. Government Unlawfully Detaining and Deporting U.S. Citizens as Aliens

“For eighty years convicts had been shipped to Australia, and a total of 163000 had set out on that voyage from which few returned. In the modern history of Europe there was rarely a planned deportation on a more ambitious scale until the era of Stalin and Hitler.”

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Book:The Story of Australia’s People Vol. I: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia

Source: The Story of Australia’s People Vol. I: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia

“I had been terrified of Arizona cops since high school when more than one threatened to deport me during traffic stops. Being a US citizen didn't mean anything to them when my complexion wasn't light enough. I was always scared that they wouldn't bother with the paperwork and instead would take matters into their own hands to get rid of me.”

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Book:Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

Source: Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

“we are all so much more than the worst thing we have ever done”

Book:Just Mercy

Source: Just Mercy

“The concept of “social justice,” which purports to promote equality among the lines of gender and ethnicity, is based on intersectional feminist theory. Per the theory, certain classes of people are naturally oppressors, while others are victims. There’s nothing more divisive than that.”

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Author:Ian Miles Cheong

“Racism is the ultimate societal bug, spreading its nasty influence far and wide. But here's the kicker: unlike those pesky biological viruses that have us reaching for hand sanitizer, this one's entirely curable. All it takes is a potent mix of education to disinfect ignorance, a hefty shot of empathy to build immunity, and a collective action booster to wipe it out for good. It's like a global vaccine campaign, but instead of needles, we're armed with open minds and big hearts.”

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Author:Life is Positive