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paulddrapertoday at 12:01 AM2 repliesview on HN

Yes. For example, the U.S. also had ethnically-based "concentration camps" (but not extermination camps) during WWII.

But these are not like the concentration camps of the 1940s.

"Detention camps" are a more accurate descriptor -- both technically and connotatively -- when they are holding foreign nationals prior to repatriation.


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mulmentoday at 1:21 AM

I’m having a hard time understanding how the ICE detention facilities do not meet the Wikipedia definition of concentration camp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp. Can you help me out?

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