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Card #c177IR // #c177Synthesis

Zárate was out of status at the time of the shooting, but not one person has been able to explain to me how or why that possibly mattered or made any difference in the tragic death of Kate Steinle.

— In our words · Source: Bad Law (Elie Mystal)

[Use when]

Use when a status label is doing explanatory work it cannot earn.

[Why it matters]

Immigration status is smuggled in as causal for violence without a mechanism — narrative glue, not evidence.

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