Senator Chris Van Hollen: ‘‘We were just denied entry into CECOT — the notorious prison in El Salvador where Mr. Abrego Garcia is being illegally held. We were there for one simple reason: to check on his well-being, which his family and lawyers have not been allowed to do. We won’t stop fighting.’’

  • FishLake@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    38·
    3 days ago

    Not that it isn’t a good thing for senator to at least fain concern about Garcia, but he’s hardly the only person in that prison held there illegally.

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      46·
      3 days ago

      I think this whole thing is working out beautifully for the fascists. The vast majority of the scrutiny towards this mass deportation program is now focused on one isolated case of a citizen being deported “mistakenly” which tacitly implies everything else is fine. It’s like going to a school and beating up a bunch of 10 year olds, then you punch a 6 year old and only get scrutinized for the younger one. Regardless, the actual point of this program is to scare the opposition and making it known that the current administration will go to incredible lengths to make its opponents suffer, so get in like and do nothing more than vote

      • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        20·
        3 days ago

        Ehh idk i think this guy was just the current most clear cut example so they became a light ingredient rod.

        Thus fucking court ruled 9-0 that it was wrong, and it became pretty clear pretty quickly he wasn’t even the intended target.

        More cases will come out that are more and more egregious but I think they’re focusing on this one because it’s as clear cut as it gets.

        Already there’s another story ramping up about an even worse case of a 21 year old who was born here and has a social security card got arrested.

        Now none of this matters until libs realize the only way this stops is if community’s make de-arresting people the SOP but any social media site other than this one is gonna ban anybody that says that.