Comment by _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.
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.
If you you are illegally in just about any country, being there without authorization is basis for deportation. No one is being denied due process. Moreover, you can be denied entry at ports of entry to any country for any reason by customs officials -even with a valid visa. They do not need to offer "due process."
Mr. Abrego Garcia was declared by a court to not be deportable to El Salvador, yet he was.
That is not due process.
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.
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.