• BrikoX@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    They are not getting paid anything in this case. Usually they get paid by the state when doing work there, but since they were federalized they are under federal juridistion now and won’t get paid by the state for deployment. And Trump isn’t providing federal funds, hence them sleeping on the floor, having to pay for food themselves, using their own equipment.

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      2 days ago

      These are mostly teenagers living on the edge anyway, or they wouldn’t be in the National Guard. This is so not cool.

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      2 days ago

      That’s simply not true. They get payed the same rate as an active duty soldier while federalized, based on their rank and service time. The sleeping on the floor of the ICE detention center is because there is not a space for them in the city.