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dukeman92 said:
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US-born citizen being held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his U.S. birth certificate in court. The man, who was arrested Wednesday after a traffic stop in...
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But we were confidently told that no American citizens would be arrested for political reasons under Trump 2.0! Every time a Trumper claims that his administration won't take the next extreme step and that our fears are exaggerated something like this happens.

 

U.S. intelligence contradicts Trump’s justification for mass deportations​

The determination is the most comprehensive assessment to date undercutting the president’s rationale for deporting suspected gang members without due process.


“… The determination is the U.S. government’s most comprehensive assessment to date undercutting Trump’s rationale for deporting suspected gang members without due process under the Alien Enemies Act, the 1798 law last used during World War II that laid the foundation for the incarceration of more than 110,000 Japanese Americans.

… The intelligence product found that although there are some low-level contacts between the Maduro government and Tren de Aragua, or TdA, the gang does not operate at the direction of Venezuela’s leader. The product builds on U.S. intelligence findings in February, first reported by the New York Times, that the gang is not controlled by Venezuela.

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When asked about the findings, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence dismissed it as the work of “deep state actors” working in conjunction with the media.

“President Trump took necessary and historic action to safeguard our nation when he deported these violent Tren de Aragua terrorists,” the statement said.

“Now that America is safer without these terrorists in our cities, deep state actors have resorted to using their propaganda arm to attack the President’s successful policies.” …”
 
superrific said:
From the end: "We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos. This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time."

Oh, Judge Wilkinson, how are you so credulous after all this time on Earth?

Seriously, I know he has to write that because the WH responds poorly to criticism, but come on. It's not necessarily that they think the rule of law is not important. It's that they have an intentionally blinkered view of it that makes their "rule of law" look different from everyone else's.
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I didnt take from that at all that Judge Wilkinson is giving the administration the benefit of the doubt and crediting what they say. Thats the closest I’ve ever seen a federal appellate judge come to saying that the sitting executive is a lawless tyrant. As you essentially acknowledge, actually saying Trump is a lawless tyrant would just be counterproductive in this context. If people perceive the courts as biased and/or overreaching it will make it easier for Trump to further degrade and disregard them.
 
nycfan said:
But don’t kid yourselves. MAGA adores the Cencot strategy — it is exactly the kind of punitive authoritarianism they voted for and want to see expanded to include American citizens.

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It's what they want prisons on American soil to look like, too.
 
nycfan said:
It’s not like we have much to brag about in our prison system as it is.
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100%. But, at least for now, (a) prisoners in the US have the right to consult a lawyer, and (b) most US prisoners leave before they're dead. That's not the case at Cencot, and it's something MAGA would love to change.
 
First Senator Booker and now Senator Van Hollen driving a righteous narrative...

It's now time for other Dems in Congress to join Booker and Van Hollen and take action instead of merely expressing concern a la Susan Collins ( talking about you Chuck and Hakeem )

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'You caved': El Salvador president ridiculed as he posts photos from senator’s jail visit

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) received applause Thursday after he succeeded in meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador who has become the face of the Trump administration's mass deportation drive. But El Salvador President Nayib Bukele used...
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lmao, the president of el salvador essentially being a maga twitter troll is pretty pathetic.

taunting senators and posting laughable photoshops. what a dickhead.
 
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