October 8, 2020 by V Leigh

The U.S. has a long, dark history of inflicting these forced operations on the most vulnerable groups of people, in jails, prisons and detention centers.

“In Budd’s experience, Bortac agents are among ‘the most violent and racist in all law enforcement’ …’They view people they encounter in the military sense as enemy combatants, meaning they have virtually no rights.’https://t.co/juKRyQAIUw https://t.co/WRHPdRMKMn
— New York City Antifa (@NYCAntifa) August 2, 2020

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**CLARIFICATION: When raiding our humanitarian aid camp last night Border Patrol did have a warrant, but refused to show it upon entry. The warrant specified the seizure of all cell phones and paperwork, in a clear attempt to suppress documentation of their actions. ** https://t.co/5xWXMJMJ27
— No More Deaths (@NoMoreDeaths) August 1, 2020

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Over a dozen women were pressured into getting medically unnecessary gynecological procedures without informed consent.

This is horrifying. Every woman has the right to make her own choices about reproductive health.

We need an immediate investigation.https://t.co/iFxekBUkQX
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) September 29, 2020

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If there were mass hysterectomies at an ICE detention facility, then the United Nations must conduct an independent investigation against the United States for crimes against humanity. The doctors who performed the hysterectomies must be brought before The Hague and stand trial.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) September 14, 2020

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Detained migrants reported lack of COVID-19 protection, medical neglect, abuse, being sprayed with poisonous levels of chemical disinfectant & now mass hysterectomies. This is genocide. ICE is operating concentration camps. We need to #AbolishICE now. https://t.co/R4Ug9JzUbx
— SBCC (@SBCCoalition) September 16, 2020

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NEW: ICE deported a crucial witness in an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual assault and harassment at an El Paso immigrant detention center, according to the witness’ lawyers.

With @ProPublica: https://t.co/63mFRBkJbD
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 15, 2020

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This is tampering w/ a witness. Under federal law using physical force (in this case deportation) to withhold testimony &/or cause them to be absent from an official proceeding is punishable by up to 30 years. W/o physical force, corruptly impeding a proceeding is up to 20 years. https://t.co/7YOgoU62NM
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) September 16, 2020

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in 2020, immigrant women are having their reproductive organs removed without their full consent
The U.S. has a long, dark history of inflicting these forced operations on the most vulnerable groups of people, in jails, prisons and detention centers.https://t.co/AAUIpaHWC0
— Carlos F. de Cossio (@CarlosFdeCossio) September 30, 2020

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August 1, 2020 by V Leigh

ICE is detaining immigrant children in hotels for expedited removals.

.@ICEgov is detaining immigrant children in hotels for expedited removals.

No access to an attorney.
No due process.

Just fear and cruelty.

President Trump has used COVID-19 to effectively shutdown of the asylum system—this unlawful action is also happening in San Antonio. https://t.co/kPNGV3a5EP
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 25, 2020

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BREAKING: Our attorney was aggressively rejected from trying to offer help to immigrant children illegally detained at a Hampton Inn in McAllen, TX. He and another of our staffer were violently shoved into the hotel elevator and were told they could not offer help. #FreeThemALL! https://t.co/xSOxHOViKp pic.twitter.com/MEp7UmK6Gv
— Texas Civil Rights Project (@TXCivilRights) July 23, 2020

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A thank you and message for the people protesting outside the hotel in McAllen where @DHSgov is detaining people:

Please make signs of our legal hotline so that those who are illegally & immorally detained get immediate help: 956-291-4169. https://t.co/nP6h8r90dZ #FreeThemAll pic.twitter.com/3zHRqttMU9
— Texas Civil Rights Project (@TXCivilRights) July 25, 2020

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December 24, 2019 by V Leigh

Medical care for immigrants held in ICE jails

When the government sends dudes decked out like the military to arrest doctors trying to give free vaccines to save lives, you are not living in a free country by and for the people. https://t.co/pMNdXQFr75

— Jenn Budd 🆘 (@BuddJenn) December 11, 2019

In ICE detention, I’ve seen: multiple detainees taken off psych meds & accused of ‘malingering,’ then have a psychotic break & be hospitalized; detainees with insanely high blood pressure being given Benadryl for anxiety (?) instead of being rushed to hospital; infected catheters https://t.co/mtpwwkJw2n

— Erika, Esq. (@eeerox) December 13, 2019

Immigrants held in ICE jails received medical care so bad it resulted in 2 preventable surgeries, inc. an 8-yr-old who had to have part of his forehead removed, & contributed to 4 deaths, according to a complaint from a whistleblower.

My investigation: https://t.co/ugsJE9eRC2

— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) December 12, 2019

October 8, 2019 by V Leigh

The Trump admin will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove they will have health insurance or the ability to pay for medical costs

The Trump admin will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove they will have health insurance or the ability to pay for medical costs once they become permanent residents of the United States, the latest move by Trump to undermine legal immigration.https://t.co/suouzpznCm

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 5, 2019

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Confirming NYT reporting — Trump asked about shooting migrants crossing border in the legs https://t.co/wXxU7wolVh

— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) October 2, 2019

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A Man From Cameroon Has Died In ICE Custody In San Diego https://t.co/CqgQFznITO via @haleaziz

— Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) October 3, 2019

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One year ago, 10-year-old Darlyn Cristabel Cordova-Valle died after months in custody. There are six more like her.https://t.co/oNWpTIWQIE

— Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) October 6, 2019

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Tonight this government has 52,000+ people locked up in immigration detention centers.

This can cost up to $775 a night per person.

Yet these haters want you to believe immigrants are taking tax dollars.

The only people taking tax dollars are private prisons/their donors. https://t.co/0bgkBiszFo

— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) October 5, 2019

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The ACLU is calling on DHS to stop sending pregnant asylum-seekers back to Mexico to await their day in U.S. immigration court.

One woman in the complaint said her water broke the same day she was sent back. https://t.co/0VnPuxAzy5

— NPR (@NPR) October 5, 2019

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September 3, 2019 by V Leigh

Calls to end inhumane border conditions aren’t enough. Ice must be abolished

Calls to end inhumane border conditions aren’t enough. Ice must be abolished | Natascha Elena Uhlmann https://t.co/Cr0r2b8Qdx

— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) September 1, 2019

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The incoming Harvard freshman met an immigration agent on arrival in Boston.
She searched his computer & said his friends had posted political things.
He said that he hadn't—not one political post on his timeline.
She canceled his visa. And deported him. https://t.co/Gvi3jRqE6n pic.twitter.com/IaNOczmSDy

— David Beard (@dabeard) August 27, 2019

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Migrant girls being held in detention centers near the U.S.-Mexico border are "visibly" bleeding through their underwear and pants while menstruating due to a lack of access to sanitary products, according to a new lawsuit. https://t.co/kZ7xsL49By

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 1, 2019

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Even if ICE stops raids during the hurricane, undocumented immigrants whose homes are damaged during the storm won’t qualify for federal monetary aid. It’s time to change this dehumanizing immigration system. https://t.co/D2umBB2ct3

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 30, 2019

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A Border Patrol agent has agreed to resign and surrender his security clearance after being charged by the Department of Justice for physically abusing a migrant in U.S. custody, Quartz reports. https://t.co/RSgW4gHaK4

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 31, 2019

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ATTN Travelers: As you plan your holiday or back-to-school travel, be aware of CBP activity on buses and trains. If a Border Patrol search happens on your trip, you have a right a right to document their activity. Send your photos, videos and stories to NoMigraOnBuses@aclu.org. https://t.co/ormhn3t0cK

— ACLU (@ACLU) August 31, 2019

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August 12, 2019 by V Leigh

Their cries pull at every human emotion possible and won’t soon be forgotten.

Active-duty troops are now stationed inside the Border Patrol's holding facility in Donna, Texas, and monitoring migrant adults and children from just a few feet away, NBC reports, a move a congressman says comes close to violating the Posse Comitatus Act. https://t.co/ETw8eNaAAh

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 25, 2019

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I gasped several times while watching this video. The cruelty of these @ICEgov agents is horrifying. There’s no reforming this. This is the agency’s entire purpose.

THIS is why we say #NeverAgainIsNow. THIS is why we need to #ShutDownICE. pic.twitter.com/6gDSqdKpGr

— Sophie Ellman-Golan (@EgSophie) July 25, 2019

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This is a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act https://t.co/mBmi3mHAPf US soldiers now stationed inside migrant detention camp as 'prison guards' – Yahoo

— Yael Grauer (@yaelwrites) July 29, 2019

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Make no mistake: separating children from their parents like this will lead to lasting trauma.

It is child abuse.https://t.co/2hKBkiG69l

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 8, 2019

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US immigration agents arrest 680 people at Mississippi food processing plants in largest raids in at least a decade. https://t.co/LuBgaO1DZB

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 7, 2019

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"The girl is upset and I get that. But her father committed a crime." CBP chief Mark Morgan downplays an emotional video showing an 11-year-old girl sobbing and begging for ICE to let her parents go following raids on Mississippi food processing plants. https://t.co/M4fkvf67QC pic.twitter.com/X0vh7KSVXb

— CNN (@CNN) August 11, 2019

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Washington Post reports that a Trump-owned construction company has continued to use undocumented workers for projects at his properties going back nearly 2 decades.
About 680 undocumented workers were arrested in the Mississippi ICE raids.https://t.co/Cn7ojXUimV

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 10, 2019

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“My dad didn’t do nothing. He’s not a criminal,” said an 11-year-old girl as US immigration authorities detained 680 undocumented workers in Mississippi this week. "Government, please put your hearts ⁠— let my parents be free with everybody else, please.” https://t.co/ECb0LiEkRr pic.twitter.com/XeFFZZblQq

— CNN (@CNN) August 10, 2019

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You can't defend this after seeing the tears of children absolutely terrified that they won't see their parents again. Their cries pull at every human emotion possible and won't soon be forgotten. #MississippiRaids https://t.co/5avZEuUibH

— Dwight Evans (@DwightEvansPA) August 9, 2019

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June 29, 2019 by V Leigh

A shocking image of a drowned man and his daughter underscores the crisis at the US-Mexico border

A shocking image of a drowned man and his daughter underscores the crisis at the US-Mexico border https://t.co/nClIAsjKTB pic.twitter.com/Cajoo80yCM

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 26, 2019

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🚨 NEWS🚨 We got the government documents showing what detained children are being fed. Cold burritos, frozen sandwiches, and applesauce as a rare treat.

“Mothers would say, ‘my child can’t drink the water or eat the food, it makes them sick.’’
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— Polly Mosendz (@polly) June 28, 2019

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Frightening new report from the Dept of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General documenting conditions at SEVERAL facilities:

– adults held in standing-room conditions for a week
– kids were being held in closed cells
– single adults had not showered for nearly a month https://t.co/etA0jd8V3Y

— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) June 26, 2019

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Takei said: “I know what concentration camps are. I was inside two of them, in America. And yes, we are operating such camps again.”https://t.co/V3AlRMvGvW

— Venus Evans-Winters (@DrVEvansWinters) June 21, 2019

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BREAKING NEWS: Deputies are on scene by the river SE of the Anzalduas Park in Las Paloma Wildlife Management Area where Border Patrol agents located 4 deceased bodies. Bodies appear to be 2 infants, a toddler and 20yoa female. Deputies are awaiting FBI agents who will be leading. pic.twitter.com/2qPCYDjZBu

— Sheriff Eddie Guerra (@SheriffGuerra) June 24, 2019

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Transgender asylum seeker dies after six weeks in ICE custody – NBC News https://t.co/tZflBUYwhq

— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 4, 2019

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Border Patrol acknowledges it confiscates medicine from almost everyone it detains and, according to doctors on the ground treating detainees, kids can go seven days without access to lifesaving drugs they need. https://t.co/MEp61RoJEz

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 6, 2019

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THREAD: Prosecutor Nate Walters asked #ScottWarren why he describes migrant deaths as “violent” during cross-examination this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/dLWcxfglPW

— No More Deaths (@NoMoreDeaths) June 7, 2019

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May 17, 2019 by V Leigh

We cannot become numb to these images. We cannot let this become the new normal.

An armed pro-Trump militia in New Mexico appears to be detaining migrants at the border and working with Border Patrol agents to coordinate their arrests. ACLU says these are kidnappings by vigilantes: https://t.co/gjGyvsGaV2

— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) April 18, 2019

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16-year-old unaccompanied immigrant boy dies in U.S. custody after becoming “noticeably ill” – BuzzFeed News https://t.co/htXRo1UUHn

— glenn robinson (@glncv) May 7, 2019

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ICE Going Against Its Own Rules to Block Immigrants from Meeting with Lawyers – DiversityInc https://t.co/O2CN6iheWZ

— glenn robinson (@glncv) May 11, 2019

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People laughing is not proof that something is a joke. White people laughed at lynchings. Reporters calling this a joke don't know what a joke is and are offering an opinion favorable to Trump. 'It was a joke' is Trump's favorite defense. https://t.co/89Em9wYP9x

— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) May 9, 2019

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This barely made headlines yesterday…

Vulnerable children.

Being forced to sleep outside.

On the ground.

On top of rocks.

In the dirt.

In CBP custody.

We cannot become numb to these images. We cannot let this become the new normal. pic.twitter.com/TTwNPezQvb

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) May 15, 2019

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March 8, 2019 by V Leigh

This makes us look like a nation that’s completely lost its mind

This is the stage of fascism where the government jails the people who try to help the people it’s putting in concentration camps. https://t.co/IZhTws20A5

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 20, 2019

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Meanwhile the Border Patrol agents who withheld water from a 7 year old girl, causing her to die in immigration detention have not been charged with any crime for their actions. https://t.co/zmvGoIKfHb

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 20, 2019

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NEW: Sentencing date has been set for the 4 @NoMoreDeaths volunteers convicted for leaving water, food for migrants in protected areas of the #Arizona desert.

It'll be March 1 at 1:45pm in #Tucson federal court. They face fines, up to 6mos in prison. https://t.co/B2XmVtMpOr

— Rafael Carranza (@RafaelCarranza) February 1, 2019

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That's about 1 million times more than they did to help prepare for deadly hurricanes that killed thousands of Americans.

— Linda Goldberg (@ChefLindaBoston) February 6, 2019

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Ever more shocking news on the treatment of migrant children under the Trump regime. Thousands sexually abused! Horrific and unacceptable. @HHSgov: Are you incompetent or uncaring? https://t.co/N5k5vV65P9

— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) February 26, 2019

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January 6, 2019 by V Leigh

No child should be held in detention. No human being is illegal.

A nominee to run ICE who once attended an event hosted by an anti-immigrant hate group. Reports that the next DHS Secretary will be a man who received an award from an anti-Muslim hate group. There were 21 incidents of hate in the White House in November. https://t.co/jdJVJfddTA

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) December 1, 2018

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From @katperez84 & @ElenaHung202: “The disability community has proved time and again… that we will meet every attack with equal force to preserve our rights and our dignity.

We must continue to push back.” https://t.co/L2LW7nzgy1 #ProtectFamilies

— National Immigration Law Center (@NILC_org) November 30, 2018

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Father of migrant child who died claims son was not sick before he was in custody https://t.co/kaFiWELWoe pic.twitter.com/cOhslFxCq1

— The Hill (@thehill) December 27, 2018

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Felipe Alonzo-Gomez died in CBP custody. He was 8. Remember his name.

Jakelin Caal Maquin died in CBP custody. She was 7. Remember her name.

No child should be held in detention. No human being is illegal.

Felipe Alonzo-Gomez.
Jakelin Caal Maquin.
Felipe.
Jakelin.#DefundHate

— Bend the Arc: Jewish Action (@jewishaction) December 26, 2018

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The second child to die in immigration custody this month https://t.co/COcCnSus86

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 25, 2018

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First we learned they were putting immigrant children in detention camps. There are 12,800 children in immigration detention today. And now children are dying in their custody. https://t.co/6sfvYd6m5I

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) December 25, 2018

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Another child has died in @CBP custody. This time on Christmas. For far too long, this agency has operated without any accountability. It’s time for that to end. Congress must investigate immediately. #DefundHate https://t.co/Fvzsz1mKhV

— National Immigration Law Center (@NILC_org) December 25, 2018

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An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection died on Christmas Day. The boy is the second migrant child to die in government custody this month. Seven-year-old Jakelin Caal died on Dec. 8. https://t.co/AexPC0w53W

— The Appeal (@theappeal) December 25, 2018

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We will one day learn that many more of these babies died in U.S. custody that we were told. https://t.co/ujUWjd21fk

— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) December 25, 2018

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Across the country, kids are reporting sexual assaults in immigrant children’s shelters.

One kid, Alex, decided to come forward. There was surveillance video. But Alex's case wasn't investigated. His isn’t the only one.https://t.co/eHmTKkiKz4

— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 22, 2018

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Yesica earns $3/day working in the kitchen of the facility where she is detained — a private prison that contracted by ICE for more than $800 million. "The whole system is exploitative," said Laura Lunn of Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network. https://t.co/PPSmZAwCou

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) January 3, 2019

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From NILC Senior Attorney Nora Preciado – “The death of 7-year-old Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin is a tragic reminder of a longstanding pattern of systemic cruelty and secrecy at @CBP and its parent agency, @DHSgov.” https://t.co/xhwW0rYdxk #DefundHate

— National Immigration Law Center (@NILC_org) January 3, 2019

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