The administration could try removing American citizens if it identifies a pathway it can claim to be legal.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is exploring legal pathways to “deport” U.S. citizens to El Salvador, where the administration has already arranged to house deported immigrants in a prison known for its human rights abuses.

    • silence7@slrpnk.net
      13·
      9 days ago

      Because once outside the US, the Republican position is that they no longer have recourse to the courts. So you can hustle somebody to El Salvador really fast, and then there is nothing they can do about it.

      Whereas if you put people through the usual trial process and keep them in a US prison, they can later be freed as innocent.

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
        62·
        9 days ago

        So basically, point at person you don’t like (like minorities) and say “You did a crime! To El Salvador with you!” and they’re gone forever regardless of innocence. Great times.

        • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          9 days ago

          Actually no. The worst of the worst stay in the US. The people they are deporting to El Salvador are mostly non-criminals or petty criminals. The actual violent criminals (the ones that are harder to control) do not make for good slaves and are kept in whatever prison they are already in.