> "Marco Rubio just made the argument, bold faced, not a mistake an intentional statement, that at any time the US can revoke your visa and then you are instantly here illegally and they can arrest you, deport you, torture you, all without any due process.

> That means the United States is simply unsafe."

#uspol
#visas
#Rubio
#deportations

https://bsky.app/profile/spaceprez.bsky.social/post/3llf2kokuoc2s

"If criminals fail to follow the law, does that mean the government shouldn’t follow the law either?

The purpose of due process is to make sure the government doesn’t punish innocent people. The way it works is that when the government makes an accusation against someone, that person is then allowed a court process where they can defend themselves. The purpose of this process is to make sure that the government can prove its case against someone before punishing them.
(...)
Of course, there are costs associated with court processes. Former President George W. Bush once acknowledged how liberal democracy can be inefficient: “If this were a dictatorship, this would be a heck of a lot easier. Just so long as I’m the dictator!”

But the cost of the government not being forced to prove its case before punishing people is that you end up punishing innocent people. There’s reporting out there that suggests the administration may be deporting people on the basis that they have football tattoos; the tattoos are alleged to be tied to the Venezuelan gang mentioned above.

Almost all Americans would say we don’t want violent criminals entering and residing in our country illegally. But did people really vote for Trump so that he would deport people based on mere suspicion without having to prove that the people being deported actually are violent criminals?"

https://www.theamericansaga.com/p/due-process-matters-because-we-dont

#Trump #deportations #autism

"The Trump administration unlawfully deported a Venezuelan man due to a autism awareness tattoo that officials baselessly claimed was gang affiliated.

on March 15, Donald Trump authorized the illegal expulsion of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador and Honduras despite a court order telling him to halt all operations until the accused receive a trial. Insisting every immigrant aboard the three aircrafts were dangerous gangsters of the Tren de Aragua organization, Trump maintained his decision to disregard the order from a federal judge was the right call.

However, the sister of Neri Jose Alvarado Borges—a 24-year-old of Venezuelan descent deported to El Salvador this month—said relatives suspect that Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials used his tattoos, one showing the name of his autistic younger brother and another showing a rainbow-colored ribbon of the autism acceptance movement, to justify his illegal ousting from the US.

Family members confirmed Alvarado Borges was not a criminal. 'None of these tattoos has anything at all to do with the Tren de Aragua,' said his sister, Lisbengerth Montilla, 20. 'But for them [immigration authorities] anyone with a tattoo is connected to Tren de Aragua.'

Montilla said her brother wasn't in any gang. Instead, he had been a psychology student who dropped out of school to come to America nine months ago due to the upheaval of the Venezuelan economy. Alvarado traveled through the dangerous Darien Gap jungle to come to the US and established a quiet life in Dallas where he was employed at a local bakery."

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trump-sends-innocent-man-el-34945042

Human bargaining chips—

“… in tensions between Washington and Venezuela…which previously agreed to accept deportations of migrants from the US… Maduro halted the flights on March 8 after the US cancelled the Chevron license.“

~ #Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador had signed paperwork to go home ~

Families and activists say deportees signed documents to return to #Venezuela but were sent to Salvadoran jail instead

https://on.ft.com/4hvm6Fp

Masked group abducted her.

"Rubio revoked the visa -said: likely has revoked the visas of 100s more. “We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take way their visas." Revoked visas “might be >300 at this pt."
J Hudson

She co-authored an opinion column on Gaza in the student N."

"Admission of guilt on Rubio's part *not allowed to do this -provision: intended to be used sparingly, & no to punish speech."
-G Sargent

#Fascism #Deportations #1A #USPol https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-the-land-of-wolves-now

#Trump & #MarcoRubio claiming the #student #deportations are because they are fighting #antisemitism in the US, is like #Putin saying he’s fighting #Nazis in #Ukraine.

Bullshit.

Especially because Trump is happy to defend #FreeSpeech in favor of #WhiteSupremacy, even the people spouting it are violent criminals, like the #ProudBoys or #OathKeepers.

Don't take the bait:

"Trumpland claims from men & women: Trump-supporting women: “sexier” than libs bc “real” w...

Domination tone of the her video: stacks of anonymous men of color caged by Noem. She’s a model for Trump women, “sexy & strong”-a thirst trap for RW men; & bait for non-Trumpers bc it invites us to discuss her looks instead of her ideas. “See?” fascists say. “Who’s the sexist now? Hypocrites!”A trap, bc for #FASCISM the aesthetic *is* the “idea.”
-J Sharlet
#USPol #Deportations

"The Trump admin appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD to rot in a El Salvadorian prisonbc of a PAPERWORK ERROR.

This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has 2 diff peoples’ ID#s listed & the wrong last name!"
-AR Melnick

A dedicated father & pet lover -in the US he painted houses for a living.

Trump, Noem... don't care bc their objective is apparently to deport as many undoc #immigrants as possible.

#Deportations #Sadism #USPol https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302671624.html

A man was taken by #ICE for having an Autism Awareness tattoo to honor his younger brother who is on the spectrum.
ICE officials said they are questioning everyone with tattoos.

Even though ICE officials eventually said he was “clean” and NOT a dangerous gang member, he was sent to #CECOT prison in El Salvador, which is known for its due process violations, unsanitary & crowded conditions, and cruel treatment of prisoners.

#USA #trump #immigation #deportations

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-el-salvador-venezulea-deportation-prison-cecot-bukele/

"One of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado -worked in Dallas as a baker. An #ICE agent told him they were Q'ing all men with tattoos.

He's an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his brother.

ICE agent: "We're finding & Q'ing everyone who's tattoos *why he was arrested.

Stunningly, after Neri explained his autism tattoos' meanings -ICE AGENT SAID HE WAS CLEAN -stayed detained, then gotsent to SLV."
-AR Melnick

#Deportations #DueProcess #Sadism #USPol https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-el-salvador-venezulea-deportation-prison-cecot-bukele/

"The DC Circuit has *rejected* DOJ's effort to lift Judge Boasberg's block on Alien Enemies Act deportations.

Ruling is 2-1, with Judge Walker dissenting."
-K Cheney

Good news for the #RuleOfLaw & the deportees rotting in an El Salvadorian slave prison.

#Deportations #Constitution #DueProcess #ElSalvador #Sadism #Immigrants #USPol https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845.01208724047.0.pdf

"Alien Enemies Act #Deportations: Carefully Orchestrated To Keep Courts In The Dark."

"The Trump admin commenced orchestrating the removals long before Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act, & did so in a way - seems to have been designed toEVADE JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT."
-A Reichlin-Melnick

"It appears to have just grabbed random tattooed Venezuelan who were lawfully awaiting asylum determinations."
-J Konydyk

#Corruption #Constitution #Courts #DueProcess #DHS #ICE #USPol

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the-alien-enemies-act-deportations-were-orchestrated-to-keep-the-courts-unaware

"The Miami Herald reveals that one of the people imprisoned in El Salvador HAD LEGAL REFUGEE STATUS. He entered the country legally in January & was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had passed a full background check.

Without warning, he was sentto El Salvador."
-A Reichlin-Melnick

(CECOT, one of the world's worst prisons, infamous for slave labor & #humanrights violations).

#Immigrants #Deportations #HumanRights #Sadism #Trump #Homan #DHS #ICE #USPol

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302464134.html

"Mentions of immigration on earnings calls from S&P 500 companies have surged to a record high during the 1st quarter, reflecting broader anxiety about the labor supply."

As Trump continues to disappear people by detaining & deporting them (most are non-criminal undocumented immigrants) needed for the workforce, as many companies report worker shortages.

#Idiocracy #Racism #Fascism #Economy #Deportations #Immigrants #USPol https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-24/corporate-america-is-talking-about-immigration-more-than-ever

https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/13/el-salvadors-prisons-are-no-place-us-deportees
#detainees #uspol #migrants #hrw #deportations #humanrightsviolations #elsalvador #BukeleNayib #trumpadministration