Cable news people call them “prison camps” or “Trump prison camps,” but look in any dictionary: prisons are where people convicted of crimes are held. As Merriam-Webster notes, a prison is:

“[A]n institution for confinement of persons convicted of serious crimes.”

But what do you call a place where people who’ve committed no criminal offense (immigration violations are civil, not criminal, infractions)? The fine dictionary people at Merriam-Webster note the proper term is “concentration camp”:

“[A] place where large numbers of people (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious minority) are detained or confined under armed guard.”

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    “inaction” they say, to the mass protests despite the threat of death. Fuck you, pal.

    Edit: and the total lack of self-awareness as you generalise an entire population being victimized by fascist ghouls who very likely cheated their way into office, while you yourself do sweet fuck-all. Double fuck you, that’s an unbelievably callous response.

    Double edit: and what I meant was, Hitler wasn’t overthrown by the German people. Are you trying to imply there was no resistance in Germany to the Nazis? Are you completely historically illiterate?