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Out of the hundreds initially deported to El Salvador, "only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses, such
by jzebedee 1y ago
Out of the hundreds initially deported to El Salvador, "only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses, such as retail theft or traffic violations." [1]
[1] https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-el-salvador-deporte...
- mindslight 1y agoI think you misread my sentence out of the context of the overall argument? I edited it to add "a decade ago" to be clearer. If I'm correctly interpreting what you said - yes, I agree that presently some people end up running afoul of traffic enforcement, which causes them to run afoul of immigration, which causes them to end up in the concentration camp. But the larger argument is contrasting the longer-existing authoritarian/autocratic dynamics of code/traffic enforcers versus the more recent development of autocratic immigration enforcers.
- jzebedee 1y agoThanks, I read it as saying that people weren't being deported to concentration camps over minor crimes or traffic offenses. I'm certainly not disagreeing with you about our descent into fascism.