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Nakamoto Group Accused of Rubber-Stamping ICE Facility Inspections
by Alan Gaynor
Mary Shelly’s first novel, Frankenstein, describes how one man creates a biological monster from parts of other creatures. Dr. Frankenstein, its creator, realizes his mistake and makes its destruction his mission. The sprawling network of detention centers operated for Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...
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