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Measles Has Now Begun To Infect Immigrant Detention Camps It’s darkly funny, in a way, to recall a racist trope that gets trotted out about immigration all t
by defrost 9mo ago
Measles Has Now Begun To Infect Immigrant Detention Camps
It’s darkly funny, in a way, to recall a racist trope that gets trotted out about immigration all the time: immigrants bring disease into the country. That in itself isn’t funny, obviously. The funny part is that it seems like we’re proving the opposite to be true under the Trump administration. As the measles outbreak in America continues to rage, immigration detention camps are starting to feel the effects.
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It’s also worth remembering that the spread of disease is a recurring feature in the concentration camp industry. Deaths from disease as well. And, unlike the trope mentioned above, these are infections immigrants are getting from America, not bringing to her soil.
~ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/measles-has-now-begun-to-infect-immigrant-detention-camps/ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/measles-has-now-begun-to...
- notachatbot123 9mo agoNothing funny about people in custody being infected by diseases. It would be funny if the fascists would contract it from other fascists.
- lawn 9mo agoGiven the overlap of the fascists and antivaxers, it's likely they will spread it among themselves.