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useragent86 on Nov 23, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups a...

> ICE were probably breaking the law when they engaged in child separation.

Didn't the Ninth Circuit federal court order ICE to follow this practice? See the Flores Consent Decree.

krageon on Nov 23, 2020 [–]

It doesn't matter if the court says it's okay - it can still be a crime internationally (which it quite obviously is in this case).

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