“I want you to be afraid of what Trump's government does to immigrants. Immigrants are good people. I want you to free this immigrant now. He did nothing wrong but speak against genocide and for political prisoners. The government is scary and bad for arresting him. I want you to think they arrest people for political dissent. This should scare you.”
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