First of all, NO government has the right to disappear people, PERIOD.
Second: EVERYONE is entitled to a chance to defend themselves in court!
Third: Living in the United States of America without proper documents IS NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. I REPEAT: LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITHOUT PROPER DOCUMENTS IS NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE! It is an “infraction”, like a speeding ticket and IS grounds for deportation, BUT NOT IMPRISONMENT!!
You capture the horror and insanity of what has happened to these men through powerful images and words. We all - the Trump administration, ICE, their mouthpieces, the media and even those calling for justice - are all referring to these actions as “deportation.”
Legal experts would likely say this is the appropriate term.
Through a sociolinguist’s lens, it powerfully conveys more than the action. It connotes a societally agreed upon, rational, and prescribed action.
We usually deport someone for violating laws. A person is deported back to their country of origin, with the chance of legally re-entering.
In the most recent instance of 200+ identified as gang members by the drawings on their skin, their all-American sneakers and hand movements likely only correctly decodable by a signing deaf person, are abducted and taken, not to their homeland, but to the hell hole CECOT prison in El Salvadore. Yes, El Salvador, the land of decades of internal war, massacres, Duarte, organized crime, and US meddling.
I ask the following, not simply as a point of rhetoric.
Why are we not calling this “exile.”
A political act. Forcibly removing a person and sending them to a place they would never choose to go.
Thank you so much for making these people back into humans. It has taken so long for any word to get out about who they are. We HAVE to get these men back home.
Deporting undocumented people is NOT the same as dissapearing people without the right to defend themselves... and then imprisoning them without being guilty of a crime. These are crimes against humanity.
WTF…
First of all, NO government has the right to disappear people, PERIOD.
Second: EVERYONE is entitled to a chance to defend themselves in court!
Third: Living in the United States of America without proper documents IS NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. I REPEAT: LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITHOUT PROPER DOCUMENTS IS NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE! It is an “infraction”, like a speeding ticket and IS grounds for deportation, BUT NOT IMPRISONMENT!!
I REPEAT: WTF, WTF, WTF!!!
Illegal invaders have no rights. Common invaders get shot in the better parts of America.
That is totally BULLSHIT! All humans have rights. Your "invasion" bullshit is Nazi propaganda.
You capture the horror and insanity of what has happened to these men through powerful images and words. We all - the Trump administration, ICE, their mouthpieces, the media and even those calling for justice - are all referring to these actions as “deportation.”
Legal experts would likely say this is the appropriate term.
Through a sociolinguist’s lens, it powerfully conveys more than the action. It connotes a societally agreed upon, rational, and prescribed action.
We usually deport someone for violating laws. A person is deported back to their country of origin, with the chance of legally re-entering.
In the most recent instance of 200+ identified as gang members by the drawings on their skin, their all-American sneakers and hand movements likely only correctly decodable by a signing deaf person, are abducted and taken, not to their homeland, but to the hell hole CECOT prison in El Salvadore. Yes, El Salvador, the land of decades of internal war, massacres, Duarte, organized crime, and US meddling.
I ask the following, not simply as a point of rhetoric.
Why are we not calling this “exile.”
A political act. Forcibly removing a person and sending them to a place they would never choose to go.
These individuals have the “disappeared”.
Thank you so much for making these people back into humans. It has taken so long for any word to get out about who they are. We HAVE to get these men back home.
A 3rd world dictatorship we be under Trump- Fascism. And a nation of world genocide both parties be.
This dear comrades is our legacy.
Keep sending those parasitic criminals home. Anyone that doesn't like it can pack a bag and go with them. DEAL WITH IT.
Deporting undocumented people is NOT the same as dissapearing people without the right to defend themselves... and then imprisoning them without being guilty of a crime. These are crimes against humanity.