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Orange County, Florida, looks to stop holding ICE detainees without charges, rejects transport proposal (www.orlandosentinel.com)
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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 3 weeks ago

Hmm. "Transportation" was a judicial euphemism for slavery in the 19th C. A sentence of "Transportation" was the court selling a convict as a slave.