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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        The panic around trans people is one as well. He wants trans women in vulnerable spots to take advantage of them, and wants the ability to… examine… children to ‘make sure they’re not Trans’.

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        Yeah, it’s just a continuation. I would be shocked if it ever stopped, but maybe Jeff’s death caused a temporary slowdown.