This will not end well.

  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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    Remember, none of this is restricted to actual gang members.

    If they can deport anyone who is a member of a Venezuelan gang to a prison camp without trial then, oops, turns out everyone they don’t like is a member of a Venezuelan gang.

    You can prove you’re not? Too bad. That would require a trial. You don’t get one of those, because we say you’re a member of a Venezuelan gang.

    See how this works?

    ICE are Trump’s sturmabteilung. If he’s allowed to get away with any of this, it will not be long before he starts turning them on anyone who openly disagrees with him.

    • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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      20 hours ago

      Garcia was deported to El Salvador with alleged Venezuelan gang members, but he wasnt Venezuelan, so they just declared him MS-13 instead.

      Facts dont matter, they’ll just create “alternative facts” that fit their narrative.

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        14 hours ago

        This.

        Since Due Process is no longer a thing, anybody can immediately be called an enemy of the state.

        For conservatives: say something bad about Biden? Guess what? MAGA is now a gang and you will end up in El Salvador. No proof needed.

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      23 hours ago

      All they have to do is follow the law. Law says they can call anyone a terrorist or national security threat and that removes people’s rights. This has been law for years. Now, Republicans are using it because they know they will not get in trouble.

      You don’t have to be in a gang. They will say standing outside of a Home Depot is a lawful reason to send you to a South American gulag. Because Republicans will not get in trouble.