SCMP: Fake ICE raids and kidnapping drills: how Chinese teens prepare for US collegeAs Trump’s toughening rules spark anxiety, Chinese parents pay for camps teaching how to survive being seized by gunmen or ‘hidden dangers’"...The intruder blindfolded Lu, tied her hands and finally made her record a phone message for her parents – begging them to pay a ransom.Except the scenario was not real.It was just an instructor at a private summer camp, training Lu how to handle a kidnapping in case it happened for real when she started school in the US in two months...."https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3361878/fake-ice-raids-and-kidnapping-drills-how-chinese-teens-prepare-us-college#ice #fascism #uspol #college

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