I agree with all Tim is saying here, but backtracking a bit: I don't understand why we are outsourcing to El Salvador anyway. Why aren't we just deporting them to their country of origin? Is it that Venezuela won't accept the Tren de Aragua members back? And this guy is El Salvadoran, so if it is determined that they want to strip his le…
I agree with all Tim is saying here, but backtracking a bit: I don't understand why we are outsourcing to El Salvador anyway. Why aren't we just deporting them to their country of origin? Is it that Venezuela won't accept the Tren de Aragua members back? And this guy is El Salvadoran, so if it is determined that they want to strip his legal status, shouldn't they just deport him to El Salvador and the El Salvadoran govt would determine if he even committed a crime in El Salvador and whether he should be charged, tried and sent to prison if convicted?
We are outsourcing to El Salvador because we know the government there will commit human rights violations against prisoners. Some Americans may not be able to stomach if we, "the good guys", are abusing prisoners ourselves. So the Trump administration plays Pontius Pilate, washes their hands, and turn these immigrants over to a highly dangerous situation, and then says its out of their control.
I think part of it is because some in the Trump admin hate immigrants and want them to suffer. I think for more of them, its an amoral attitude of thinking the suffering of the few is justified to encourage the remainder to leave. It is sick either way.
So it is a performance to create an atmosphere of fear overall, but in particular to influence people not to try to come here, and for those here to "self-deport." Which jives with the video Noem made. Yuck.
I agree with all Tim is saying here, but backtracking a bit: I don't understand why we are outsourcing to El Salvador anyway. Why aren't we just deporting them to their country of origin? Is it that Venezuela won't accept the Tren de Aragua members back? And this guy is El Salvadoran, so if it is determined that they want to strip his legal status, shouldn't they just deport him to El Salvador and the El Salvadoran govt would determine if he even committed a crime in El Salvador and whether he should be charged, tried and sent to prison if convicted?
We are outsourcing to El Salvador because we know the government there will commit human rights violations against prisoners. Some Americans may not be able to stomach if we, "the good guys", are abusing prisoners ourselves. So the Trump administration plays Pontius Pilate, washes their hands, and turn these immigrants over to a highly dangerous situation, and then says its out of their control.
I think part of it is because some in the Trump admin hate immigrants and want them to suffer. I think for more of them, its an amoral attitude of thinking the suffering of the few is justified to encourage the remainder to leave. It is sick either way.
So it is a performance to create an atmosphere of fear overall, but in particular to influence people not to try to come here, and for those here to "self-deport." Which jives with the video Noem made. Yuck.