Post AwLM72axj6dQ8yAU8e by willie1foot@theblower.au
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(DIR) Post #AwL3qnYG5mSFg80bMO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-20T22:36:39Z
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I have not seen much commentary about this in US media. Just rather dry reporting. US residents, protected by the constitution were grabbed by ICE and sent to a prison in El Salvador. While some had "criminal records" the pretext for deporting many of them was thin and not explained. It seemed like they were profiled for country of origin and little else. Then they were used to do a deal. https://apnews.com/article/prisoner-swap-venezuela-united-states-el-salvador-a0c3070355fbdc31f028a16096c5655c
(DIR) Post #AwL4DVJO4dATljsbey by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-20T22:40:45Z
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Many nations struggle to get hostages back. What I see this as is the US rounding up people from the nation they want to pressure and putting them in peril to try to get what they want. It's not a great president to set?But it also suggest that the current admin wants to make the people they detain "useful" I find this very sinister.
(DIR) Post #AwL4JpJyakYhZ5Ac08 by louisffourie@c.im
2025-07-20T22:41:51Z
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@futurebird Isn't that what Iran does all the time?
(DIR) Post #AwL4SScwKycDmp9oKu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-20T22:43:26Z
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@louisffourie Normally we give them a bunch of military equipment not people we rounded up. Hard to say which is worse.
(DIR) Post #AwL4fLABOnMeP0qcwS by louisffourie@c.im
2025-07-20T22:45:46Z
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@futurebird Indeed. I know the past is pretty horrible, but the present sucks heavily too! As a Gen X'er, we were so optimistic in the 90's!
(DIR) Post #AwL5IyLTedIzDY1qAC by fullyabstract@fosstodon.org
2025-07-20T22:52:51Z
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@futurebird And this was the kind of prison where they were outright tortured for months.
(DIR) Post #AwL5hqCb4GQnCXjWPA by liferstate@mas.to
2025-07-20T22:57:25Z
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@futurebird Russia does this often, most famously with Brittany Griner.
(DIR) Post #AwL5yFOp9XUlyyH99s by Burn_this_@beige.party
2025-07-20T23:00:21Z
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@futurebird The prison slave business works well for those with power. It's not surprising they would want to expand.
(DIR) Post #AwL6s1RYECMMuo99V2 by wtrmt@mastodon.social
2025-07-20T23:10:28Z
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@futurebird the Venezuelans that are being returned flee their country, yearning for something better, only to be brought back. I’m sure that Maduro’s government will make sure to remind them that there is no escape.
(DIR) Post #AwL7sKMTzSdHXkU9Q0 by jplebreton@mastodon.social
2025-07-20T23:21:43Z
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@futurebird wonder if any of the prisoners were part of the 2020 coup shitshow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gideon_(2020)
(DIR) Post #AwL9COB3c4h57iGs08 by Jennifer@m.ai6yr.org
2025-07-20T23:36:32Z
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@futurebird I read someone compare this to what Russia did with Brittany Griner. Kipnap someone and throw them in jail on dumb charges then use that person for a prisoner swap. It's gross we're now behaving like this.
(DIR) Post #AwLAgUjBvGmQ569kx6 by ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us
2025-07-20T23:53:10Z
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@futurebird "president" instead of "precedent" is a typo here that is doing some work on the side.
(DIR) Post #AwLEhZBTEwlc0Y9Nuy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-21T00:38:14Z
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@wtrmt In theory the agreement allows them to return to the US if they have legal proceedings which some do. I will be looking to see if that happens but I'm not optimistic.
(DIR) Post #AwLEnJUwTNs561zxh2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-21T00:39:14Z
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@fullyabstract Not one of these people convicted of anything in relation to this, many with no such history at all. They have just erased the distinction between "detention" and "prison"
(DIR) Post #AwLH5xsTHVdtS51dDs by wtrmt@mastodon.social
2025-07-21T01:05:02Z
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@futurebird I don’t see how either: after that ordeal, who in their right mind would gamble for a chance to end up in CECOT again? The dice are loaded.
(DIR) Post #AwLM72axj6dQ8yAU8e by willie1foot@theblower.au
2025-07-21T02:01:08Z
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@futurebird Trump taking tips from his mate Putin
(DIR) Post #AwLOSHNs8XmG04IgRU by fullyabstract@fosstodon.org
2025-07-21T02:27:27Z
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@futurebird They've decided the law and the constitution are whatever they say they are.