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This will be how he gets rid of political enemies. If you think that's hyperbole, ask yourself whether you really, truly believed back in January that people w
by anigbrowl 2y ago
This will be how he gets rid of political enemies.
If you think that's hyperbole, ask yourself whether you really, truly believed back in January that people were going to be seized off the street and deported to a movie-villain super prison in El Salvador, and taht the administration would admit it deported people in error and then shrug and say it had no way of retrieving them.
In other news, the government wants to spend $45 billion building new detention camps: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-adminis...
- sorcerer-mar 2y agoTo be clear, they're not arguing they have no way of retrieving them. As you mention, they're also not arguing they're supposed to be there. They're arguing that a US federal judge has no jurisdiction to even demand that the government attempt to retrieve them.
- breadwinner 2y agoThe worst part is that the Supreme Court isn't bothered by this at all. They are letting Trump continue this while they debate the legality.