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I mean critics of the Trump administration are still thrown in a max security prison and subjected to forced labor. I get that there isn't a sign on the front c
by DoctorOW 1y ago
I mean critics of the Trump administration are still thrown in a max security prison and subjected to forced labor. I get that there isn't a sign on the front calling it a gulag but that distinction isn't particularly important to the people being brutally punished for using their first amendment rights.
- otterley 1y agoCan you provide a single example of someone getting thrown into a maximum-security prison and subjected to forced labor solely for criticizing the Trump administration?
- DoctorOW 1y agohttps://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361208/mahmoud-khalil-deported-judge-rubio-antisemitism-immigration-court https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361208/mahmoud-khalil-... > "If Mahmoud can be targeted in this way, simply for speaking out for Palestinians and exercising his constitutionally protected right to free speech, this can happen to anyone over any issue the Trump administration dislikes," said Marc Van Der Hout, one of Khalil's attorneys. He's currently in Louisiana prison it says which means yes, he's subject to forced prison labor. https://www.laaclu.org/en/press-releases/aclu-report-finds-incarcerated-workers-earn-between-002-and-040-hour-louisiana https://www.laaclu.org/en/press-releases/aclu-report-finds-i...
- otterley 1y agoHe’s not been charged with a crime. He’s not being removed from the country for criticizing Donald Trump. He’s in detention pending removal, which is a civil proceeding, not a criminal one. And he’s certainly not doing any labor there. Not every detention facility in Louisiana is a federal prison for criminals.
- yencabulator 1y agoAh, it's a civil gulag not a criminal gulag.