If you thought it couldn't
get any worse in the U.S., unfortunately you were very
wrong. Donald Trump has now officially come out
and said he's interested in
punishing U.S. citizens by sending them to prisons
overseas. His attorney general,
press secretary, and he himself have all confirmed
multiple times that he is actively exploring
this idea and investigating how to turn it into
a reality.
He
even directly asked the President of El Salvador, Nayib
Bukele, if he would consider building "five
more" of their brutal CECOT-style torture
prisons to house deported U.S. citizens. On a hot mic
while giving Bukele a tour of the Oval Office, he said:
"The homegrowns are
next."
This is not just
'bluster.' Instead, it comes on the heels
of the accidental deportation of Kilmar Abrego
García, a legally protected resident and
Maryland father, as well as an ever-growing list
of detentions and deportations of students, professors,
researchers, and even tourists with no criminal
histories.
Much
of this is in direct violation of court
orders, including in the case of Abrego García.
Despite a Supreme Court order to "facilitate" his return
to the U.S., both Trump and Bukele said there is no way
that will happen.
While
Trump claims that he would supposedly only target
"criminals," he's already shown that, instead,
he is actually targeting political dissidents,
people of color, and everyday
workers.
If Trump can get away with
directly violating a Supreme Court order, there is very
little to stop him from continuing to violate the law,
the Constitution, and more court
rulings.
That is — unless we speak up
now. This is our moment. We do not have any
time to lose. We have to take this
seriously — now. Sign the petition to
demand that the Trump administration abandon any plans
to ship off U.S. citizens to be imprisoned in foreign
countries!
