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1. The US is not directly throwing people into prison. They sent 225 people to El Salvador and Bukele decided to put them into CECOT. The US has no jurisdiction what Bukele does to deportees after they're sent there. Those 225 have now been exchanged to Venezuela BTW.

2. The vast majority of people being deported are being sent to their home countries.

3. You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how immigration court works. There is no trial or jury or sentencing and never has been. Immigration court is not criminal court. It's an administrative hearing.

4. Being caught undocumented in the country is a civil offense. But entering the country illegally is a criminal offense. Sections 1325 ("illegal entry") and 1326 ("illegal reentry") of Chapter 8 of the U.S. Code.
No, we made a deal with Bukele to imprison these people. We’re paying money for El Salvador people who are alleged (but not charged) to be gang members.
It’s not like Bukele is doing this out of the blue and we are super surprised by it. The Trump Admin made an agreement for this to happen.


I think you are misunderstanding me re: immigration court. I am not saying it’s criminal. I am saying that often times we choose not to charge people with crimes, have a trial in the US and sentence them in the US, and instead decide to pursue deportation as a remedy. In those instances, the migrant should be free to go in the country that we deport them to.

I’ve mentioned Leonel Eschavez’s case before. He isn’t even accused of breaking a single law. He’s been imprisoned in El Salvador without charges from either the U.S. or El Salvador for the past 5-ish months for no reason except the Trump Admin alleges he’s a gang member, and I’m not aware of any evidence at all to support this other than a tattoo he has in memory of his sister who passed away.

Treating people like this is unconscionable.
 
No, we made a deal with Bukele to imprison these people. We’re paying money for El Salvador people who are alleged (but not charged) to be gang members.
It’s not like Bukele is doing this out of the blue and we are super surprised by it. The Trump Admin made an agreement for this to happen.


We made a deal with El Salvador because they were taking deportees that are from Venezuela. That's why we paid them. Because they're taking on the burden of deportees that are not from their country.

They had to take back the ones from El Salvador because it's their own citizens. That's literally what this article says as well.

I think you are misunderstanding me re: immigration court. I am not saying it’s criminal. I am saying that often times we choose not to charge people with crimes, have a trial in the US and sentence them in the US, and instead decide to pursue deportation as a remedy. In those instances, the migrant should be free to go in the country that we deport them to.

But a lot of the people deported to CECOT were already in our jails. Because they were convicted of crimes here. They essentially got transferred to CECOT.

The bulk of the people sent to CECOT had gang ties or were criminals - either in the US or in their home countries. The minority that didn't were Venezuelans that the country wouldn't take back.

But they all made it back home three weeks ago in a deal El Salvador made with Venezuela.



I’ve mentioned Leonel Eschavez’s case before. He isn’t even accused of breaking a single law. He’s been imprisoned in El Salvador without charges from either the U.S. or El Salvador for the past 5-ish months for no reason except the Trump Admin alleges he’s a gang member, and I’m not aware of any evidence at all to support this other than a tattoo he has in memory of his sister who passed away.

Treating people like this is unconscionable.

He came in illegally in 2023. That's breaking the law. I don't care if he didn't break another law while in the US. He is still illegal and deportable.

And very likely already back home in Venezuela since El Salvador did the prisoner deal.
 
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We made a deal with El Salvador because they were taking deportees that are from Venezuela. That's why we paid them. Because they're taking on the burden of deportees that are not from their country.

They had to take back the ones from El Salvador because it's their own citizens. That's literally what this article says as well.
There’s still a major misunderstanding on your part here: if the Venezuelans are being deported, and El Salvador agrees to take them, they should be free to go in El Salvador. Most of them had no US convictions. And they aren’t facing charges in El Salvador either AFAIK. They’re just shoved into a gulag to suffer.

Even ones they took back because they were El Salvadoran citizens and we deported them shouldn’t be imprisoned unless, at a minimum, they are facing charges in El Salvador.

But a lot of the people deported to CECOT were already in our jails. Because they were convicted of crimes here. They essentially got transferred to CECOT.

The bulk of the people sent to CECOT had gang ties or were criminals - either in the US or in their home countries. The minority that didn't were Venezuelans that the country wouldn't take back.

But they all made it back home three weeks ago in a deal El Salvador made with Venezuela.


There were a significant number in our jails, but mostly with pending charges, not convictions. Most weren’t serving a sentence. If we’ve decided to drop charges and deport instead, they should be free to go. What’s happening instead— they’re just in some shithole gulag with no charges, and no pending trial date? The entire situation is unconscionable.

Again, the U.S. *believing* they are gang members is not sufficient reason to imprison someone without charges. Trump is skirting this by shipping them off to CECOT where they can be treated like subhuman shit and our courts have limited or no jurisdiction over it. It’s unacceptable.


He came in illegally in 2023. That's breaking the law. I don't care if he didn't break another law while in the US. He is still illegal and deportable.

And very likely already back home in Venezuela since El Salvador did the prisoner deal.
No he didn’t. Leonel Eschavez used the CBPOne app and scheduled an appointment at an authorized point of entry. We processed him in, he did not cross illegally.

But even if he had, your POV on this is sideways. You’re basically saying, “We know so-and-so broke a law so it’s fine for them to be imprisoned somewhere for months without charges.” And it isn’t ok. Saying, “Well, we know they’re illegals” isn’t sufficient for people to be in jails or prisons for months without charges.
 
There’s still a major misunderstanding on your part here: if the Venezuelans are being deported, and El Salvador agrees to take them, they should be free to go in El Salvador. Most of them had no US convictions. And they aren’t facing charges in El Salvador either AFAIK. They’re just shoved into a gulag to suffer.

Most likely that's the only place El Salvador had to hold them in. Not like they have the resources to have separate detention centers.

And those people are back in Venezuela now. So I don't care.

That's the price you pay for illegally entering the country from a country that doesn't accept you back as a deportee. They could have easily just gone to neighboring Colombia or gone for asylum in the numerous countries in between the US and Venezuela.

Even ones they took back because they were El Salvadoran citizens and we deported them shouldn’t be imprisoned unless, at a minimum, they are facing charges in El Salvador.

How do you know the El Salvadoreans deported didn't have gang affiliations or criminal records? We're not getting access to criminal records from Venezuela, so we can't even check that. If some recent illegal has teardrop tattoos and gang tattoos or gang signs everywhere, but no criminal record here, I don't give a fuck. Deport them.

You do know all these people you claim "have no criminal convictions" just means no crime in the US right? They could easily have been doing crime in their home countries, but we don't have the resources nor access to check that when they come in illegally.

On top of that, you can easily be part of a gang without a criminal conviction in the US. They are after all very recent arrivals.

There were a significant number in our jails, but mostly with pending charges, not convictions. Most weren’t serving a sentence. If we’ve decided to drop charges and deport instead, they should be free to go. What’s happening instead— they’re just in some shithole gulag with no charges, and no pending trial date? The entire situation is unconscionable.

Again, the U.S. *believing* they are gang members is not sufficient reason to imprison someone without charges. Trump is skirting this by shipping them off to CECOT where they can be treated like subhuman shit and our courts have limited or no jurisdiction over it. It’s unacceptable.

But they're illegal El Salvadoreans that are deportable. Why in the world do we need to wait for a conviction when we can just deport them legally? They're already illegal with no status.

It's up to Bukele and his administration to decide what to do with them after they're deported there. El Salvador must believe they're gang members or perhaps they already had criminal records there. Maybe some of them have been released already. Who knows? Not our problem.

No he didn’t. Leonel Eschavez used the CBPOne app and scheduled an appointment at an authorized point of entry. We processed him in, he did not cross illegally.

Ok so he probably had his asylum case dismissed and then they used expedited removal.

The same process that Obama used literally millions of times for recent arrivals. Biden also used expedited removal millions of times. Why is it ok for Obama and every other President to use it, but Trump?

But even if he had, your POV on this is sideways. You’re basically saying, “We know so-and-so broke a law so it’s fine for them to be imprisoned somewhere for months without charges.” And it isn’t ok. Saying, “Well, we know they’re illegals” isn’t sufficient for people to be in jails or prisons for months without charges.

So if a deportable illegal immigrant comes from a country that doesn't accept their deportees back, we're not allowed to deport them? What are we supposed to do with them?

Imprisoned somewhere for a few months is not that big a deal. That's the price you just paid for illegally entering the country. They're back home now so who gives a shit.
 
It seems the self-deportation strategy is working. In 6 Months Down 2.2 million foreign born people, about 1.6 million of whom are illegal



That figure includes an estimated 1.6 million illegal aliens. The CIS based its report on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data and suggested that much of the exodus stemmed from self-deportations driven by the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Overall, the study found that there were roughly 53.3 million foreign-born people in the U.S. in January of 2025, compared with 51.1 million in July.
 
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ICE is kicking ass with MS13 on Long Island. We are loving it. 1600 illegals with gang ties or criminal pending charges were removes last week. Leave the workers alone, get the criminals.
Yea they sure everywhere. In reality you still support this .
 
Yea they sure everywhere. In reality you still support this .
Individual incidents will always happen. Like with the police. Millions of interactions go off no problem, once in a while some don't. You fix the mistakes for the greater good, nothing is perfect. You think 3rd world Gangs shouldn't be deported? MS-13 was a menace here on Long Island....leaving bodies in parks chopped up. Initiations by slashing peoples faces at the mall. Roving gangs stealing bikes from kids and cats from vehicles. Drug dealing etc. In NYC last year Tren De Aragua were having wars in the streets of Manhattan. Right out in the open.

How about finally deporting these South East Asian men who had deportation orders some since 2003 that no one ever did anything about. Some of these guys were arrested for child sex crimes:

 
Individual incidents will always happen. Like with the police. Millions of interactions go off no problem, once in a while some don't. You fix the mistakes for the greater good, nothing is perfect. You think 3rd world Gangs shouldn't be deported? MS-13 was a menace here on Long Island....leaving bodies in parks chopped up. Initiations by slashing peoples faces at the mall. Roving gangs stealing bikes from kids and cats from vehicles. Drug dealing etc. In NYC last year Tren De Aragua were having wars in the streets of Manhattan. Right out in the open.

How about finally deporting these South East Asian men who had deportation orders some since 2003 that no one ever did anything about. Some of these guys were arrested for child sex crimes:

You can’t have it both ways just bc he does some good everyone knows it’s mostly bad , kidnapping and intimidation tactics on legal citizens doesn’t over ride the very small percentage of criminals he’s actually catching . If you support ICE you support authoritarian illegal activities it’s that simple .


What he’s doing is potentially ruining our very freedoms the problem is guys like you think it’s about just illegals when it’s about our own freedoms down the line the scary thing is you guys don’t understand that and that’s the scariest thing .
 
Hope so.

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