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Can you provide a single example of someone getting thrown into a maximum-security prison and subjected to forced labor solely for criticizing the Trump adminis
by otterley 2y ago
Can 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 2y 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 2y 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 2y agoAh, it's a civil gulag not a criminal gulag.