ice are not an example of violence abroad coming home to roost. they’re a continuation. they are amerikkkan through and through. slave patrols, police, sheriffs, kkk, rebellion suppression by military personnel. a pig is a pig is a pig. amerikkka is the playbook fascists studied.
Remember the episode in the Handmaid's Tale, where a brain dead, black handmaid is kept on life support long enough to give birth?
This is happening in Atlanta, GA right now. Her name is Adriana Smith. She was only 9wks when the state kidnapped her body from her family.
MUTUAL ABUSE DOES NOT FUCKING EXIST! REACTING TO ABUSE AND DEFENDING YOURSELF IS NOT ABUSE! WHEN WILL Y’ALL EVER REALIZE HOW FUCKING STUPID YOU SOUND????
Trump has done *a lot* of criminal, horrible, impeachable shit.
But, if the Trump administration fails to return Garcia, or if any harm has come to him, it will be hands down the most illegal and deplorable action of any US president.
Let's be clear:
-Garcia, while a minor, fled gang targeting in El Salvador and illegally entered the US.
-While here, he eventually married a US citizen, testified against the Barrio 18 gang (even though it risked him being deported) and attempted asylum claims.
-In 2019, he was granted a "Withholding of Removal" and a work permit and so was living in Maryland legally.
-Whenever you are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, whether legally or illegally, you have inalienable rights - the very ones the President's oath of office claims to uphold and defend.
-Garcia was arrested on suspicion of gang activity, and departed with foreign prisons in El Salvador.
The problem is:
-There was no proof given.
-He had a "Withholding of Removal" which meant he could not be deported.
-The government argued they were aware of this withholding order but that he had been departed "by mistake" without any further hearing in court.
Courts had ordered the planes turnaround, an order which according to a passenger affidavit the pilots were aware of, but they were given instructions to ignore.
A Maryland court ordered him returned by no later than April 7th.
The government failed to return him.
The Supreme Court reviewed the case on April 10th and unanimously ordered that the US government must facilitate Garcia's return.
Since then Trump's administration has continued to play games, making excuses of why he cannot be returned, or failing to give updates - with many speculating that Garcia, who testified against gangs he was now in prison with, may not even be alive any more.
At the direction of the President:
-People subject to US jurisdiction were rounded up and deported without time for habeas hearings.
-Including *legal* US residents, against a judges order, who are subject to all rights and protections within the United States.
-Instructions to return the plane were ignored.
-Instructions from a state court were ignored.
-Now the Supreme Court has been ignored.
And the President who is supposed to be the most powerful man in the world, who has a duty to defend and protect those subject to US jurisdiction from wrong-doing, claims that he can't get this man back from El Salvador.
If any harm has come to Garcia, it is blood on the President's hands.
The protections he has ignored would have led to the direct harm of a US resident.
And it will forever be a stain on America, this shameful president, and on the court of John Roberts who allowed for a tyrant to exercise such authorities so repeatedly unchecked.
Trump was on hot mic when he talks about deporting Americans to El Salvador. He’s trying to deny due process & constitutional rights. "Homegrowns are next. The homegrowns. You gotta build about 5 more places. It's not big enough."
i'm not sorry but columbia revoking peoples DEGREES is absolutely insane even for them. degrees are not privileges, theyre earned. you dont get to just take it away because someone is protesting!!!!????
A THREAD of Mutual Aid groups & efforts supporting rapid response & recovery following #Helene
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“I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.”
Happy birthday, 💔👑Nan Goldin …
Well, Trump is saying is plainly now:
“You have to get out and vote. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.”