noumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe U.S. and Palau signed a $7.5 million agreement that will allow the U.S. to send up to 75 non-criminal deportees to the island nationwww.snopes.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. and Palau signed a $7.5 million agreement that will allow the U.S. to send up to 75 non-criminal deportees to the island nationwww.snopes.comnoumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarecadekat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 day ago… That’s like $100,000 a person. Not to mention transportation costs, costs to house them while in custody, cost to apprehend them. Makes absolutely no sense. Spend $100k on anyone, and you can make them into a valuable, productive member of society (assuming they weren’t already).
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 day agoIt’s all about the racism and xenophobia. These fuck faces think their genes are somehow magical and special while representing the Temu of humanity
minus-squareScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 day ago the Temu of humanity I’m stealing this one.
minus-squareAsafum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThe fuckwits that support maga would gladly spend 5x that to hurt someone, but would absolutely lose their fucking minds if the base amount, 5x less, was “given” to them to help.
minus-squareYappyMonotheist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYeah, but that’s taxes money, public funds, whilst the little bonuses they get for it go straight into their pockets!
… That’s like $100,000 a person. Not to mention transportation costs, costs to house them while in custody, cost to apprehend them.
Makes absolutely no sense. Spend $100k on anyone, and you can make them into a valuable, productive member of society (assuming they weren’t already).
It’s all about the racism and xenophobia. These fuck faces think their genes are somehow magical and special while representing the Temu of humanity
I’m stealing this one.
The fuckwits that support maga would gladly spend 5x that to hurt someone, but would absolutely lose their fucking minds if the base amount, 5x less, was “given” to them to help.
Yeah, but that’s taxes money, public funds, whilst the little bonuses they get for it go straight into their pockets!