#what66kbuys

[praxisfoundry001]

$66,000. That’s what we spend on one deportation. Meanwhile, alternatives cost ~$6,000 and keep families together with a 92% success rate. What pushed me into this work was watching a fiancé call his partner from detention. He told him he had fungus growing on his feet, that he was suicidal from the conditions and the hopelessness. That moment broke my heart. So I followed the Emotion into Action Framework. I built a solution in a Praxis Foundry. And now, we have the Michigan Dignity Act — proof that outrage can become law. $66k could buy futures. Instead, it buys despair. #DignityForAll #What66kBuys Full context →

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Taking strong emotion and forging antifragile solutions.

[praxisfoundry001]

$66k. That’s the price of one deportation. But when I first started looking into this, it wasn’t the number that hit me first — it was heartbreak. I listened to a fiancé calling her partner in detention. He told her fungus was growing on his feet. He said he felt suicidal. He wasn’t a criminal. He was trapped in a system that treats dignity as disposable. Then I ran the math. $66k per deportation. $18.75B taxpayer dollars. For what? Detention boosts court appearance rates by 0.01–3.69%. Meanwhile, Alternatives to Detention (ATDs) cost just $3k–$6k and succeed 92% of the time. That outrage is why I forged a solution in my Praxis Foundry. Outrage → law. Because families shouldn’t pay with despair. And taxpayers shouldn’t pay $66k for failure. 📖 Full receipts + legislative text:

Praxis Hub 001 | Notion

Taking strong emotion and forging antifragile solutions.