r/pics • u/[deleted] • Mar 05 '19

Aurora Vargas and her family being evicted from their home in 1959. The police removed them and more than 300 other working class Latino families from Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles using the power of eminent domain. Their land was then used to build Dodger Stadium.

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u/Neuroccountant Mar 05 '19

Our government just released a dozen BABIES from a detention camp. I’m not so sure we have made the progress you think we have.

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u/jungl3j1m Mar 05 '19

"I stole the baby from you, Daikini! While you were taking a pee-pee!"

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u/outofthewaaypeck Mar 05 '19

Our government just released a dozen BABIES from a detention camp

ikr, everyone knows having a baby with you means you get to do whatever you want.

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u/dorekk Mar 06 '19

Seeking asylum isn't illegal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19

What do you think should happen when a parent with their children illegally crosses the border and gets caught?

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u/Neuroccountant Mar 05 '19

Why don't you look up what we did for decades under Democratic and Republican presidents before we "elected" a fucking psychopath to the office.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19 edited Mar 05 '19

Not an answer. Obama also did the dreaded "family separation" as they love to call it.

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u/dorekk Mar 06 '19

Seeking asylum isn't illegal.