mc32 3 days ago

Don’t you have to be guilty of a crime to be sent down there?

For the vast majority of people who violate their visas, they simply get sent to their home country. If you’re willing to remain in your home country out of fear of US policies, it’s very likely your home country would take you back and not disown you.

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  • _alternator_ 3 days ago

    While it’s not typical to be sent to CECOT in El Salvador, you don’t need to be “guilty” by the government’s position. They assert the right to send people down there based on allegations that have not been tested in any court.

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    • mc32 3 days ago

      If you come here legally and don't commit a crime, they won't send you down there. If you come here legally and commit a crime, you'll get sent back to your country of origin. People being sent down there came here illegally.

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      • sjsdaiuasgdia 3 days ago

        If we discard rule of law and due process for anyone, it is threatened for everyone. They're defying courts, they're not following the law. This does not end well for anyone, at all. It is incredibly dangerous territory.

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      • fzeroracer 2 days ago

        This is false, both in terms of some of the people who have been sent there as well as the administration's direct stance on the matter.

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  • nashashmi 3 days ago

    You can get sent there by your affiliation. You don’t have to necessarily commit a crime. And all the administration has to do is make an accident and send you to the wrong place.

    The vast majority are being sent to nearby countries as well.

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  • barbazoo 3 days ago

    Lots of people being detained for extended periods of time at the Canada/US border. I wouldn’t be so optimistic unless your situation is bullet proof.

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  • ty6853 3 days ago

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    • mc32 3 days ago

      And those guys are Salvadoran… right? Like if Mexico sends back a bunch of criminal gringos, what are we supposed to do, ask Mexico to incarcerate them for us? No we take them and put them through our system of justice and send them to the pen.

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      • klipt 3 days ago

        One was a Venezuelan soccer player (Jerce Reyes Barrios) who was accused of being a a gang member because he had a tattoo ... inspired by his favorite soccer team.

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        • mc32 2 days ago

          Yeah, Venezuela, his own country didn't want to take him back.

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