The Trump administration is seeking approval for up to $2.3 billion for a follow-on contract to its self-deportation program, one that would include stipends for unaccompanied migrant children who “choose” to leave the country and mobile “rover” teams recruiting detainees nationwide, according to an investigation by PunchUp.

“It looks and feels a lot like human trafficking,” said immigration lawyer Rekha Sharma-Crawford. “That might sound controversial, but if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably not a car horn.”

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    2 days ago

    Sounds like this will be used in all cases where there is doubt if due process was followed. “No, the individual signed their rights away. They have no rights. I promise. Trust me.”

    It’s gonna get worse for Americans. Land of the conditional rights, when it’s convenient for ones overlord. Sometimes no rights at all.