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Elaine J. Cohen :
METRO | The new American ‘internment camps’: A bad idea that doesn’t go away

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Family detention’ is just a euphemism for ‘prisons incarcerating immigrant women and children.’ By Elaine J. Cohen | The Rag Blog | October 7, 2015 AUSTIN — According to my well-worn Webster’s, a euphemism is “the substitution of an agreeable … Continue reading →

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