Rush Limbaugh Jun 01, 2021

Sunday's Washington Post ran a big headline thousand if ICE detainees claim they were forced into labor a violation of anti-slavery laws.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Some days, Washington Post ran a big blaring headline thousands
of ICE detainees claim they were forced into labor, a
violation of anti slavery laws. Wow, that sounds really bad.
I'll bet right now you're asking, what's this all about,
il rushboe. Well, the first thing you need to know, folks,
is this supposed forced labor happened during the Obama administration.
A two thousand fourteen lawsuits getting attention now because the

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federal judge just granted the defendants class action status. When
this suit just began, it was nine defendants. Lawyers were
suing for five million dollars. But with class action status,
damages for up to sixty thousand illegal immigrants could grow substantially,
says the Post. In other words, the lawyers could hit
the jackpot if they prevail. Here's what else you need

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to know. The lawsuit is against a private prison run
by an evil corporation. This is the first lawsuit of
its kind to get this far. Liberals are excited because
they hate private prisons with a passion. Now, the most
important fact, the legal immigrants were never slaves. They were volunteers.
They chose to work for the pay they received it's

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a normal arrangement in jails and prisons and attention facilities.
Legal precedent allows prisons to offer inmates reduced wages like this,
especially since they're not paying for their own upkeep. But
the people behind the lawsuit are leftists. They're trying to
bankrupt the system, they're trying to enrich themselves, and mostly

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they're trying to grandstand just for you. H