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‘Perverse’ Incentives: How Local Governments Might Cash In on Trump’s Migrant Detention

www.themarshallproject.org ‘Perverse’ Incentives: How Local Governments Might Cash In on Trump’s Migrant Detention

Some local officials see President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations as an answer to their budget woes.

‘Perverse’ Incentives: How Local Governments Might Cash In on Trump’s Migrant Detention

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Everyone that can cash in from the genocide will do so. Because why not? Grab on to that brass ring, Americans, and step on every neck on your way to the top! That's what you've been taught all your lives!
- Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success, don't hesitate to step on them.
  
  So if I don't stab you in the face I don't get money? 🤔

"Obviously, the more prisoners we have, the more revenue it produces,” Commissioner Don Dixon said.