NYT reports that Bukele was uncomfortable with the Trump...
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania
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Apr 30, 2025
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NYT reports that Bukele was uncomfortable with the Trump administration sending him people who hadn't been convicted of a crime. He wanted evidence that the Venezuelans were actually gang members.
Let this sink in. The guy who calls himself "the world's coolest dictator," who is famous for mass prison camps, thinks that the Trump administration is going too far in locking people up without evidence.
The Trump administration ended up giving El Salvador "evidence" in the form of their scorecard that said if you had tattoos you were a gang member.
They had no idea who they were sending. Random people who were picked up going about their lives, some of them with upcoming asylum hearings.
The administration was so careless that they tried sending eight women to the men's prison in El Salvador. They had to be returned.
Administration officials need to go to jail for this.
Let this sink in. The guy who calls himself "the world's coolest dictator," who is famous for mass prison camps, thinks that the Trump administration is going too far in locking people up without evidence.
The Trump administration ended up giving El Salvador "evidence" in the form of their scorecard that said if you had tattoos you were a gang member.
They had no idea who they were sending. Random people who were picked up going about their lives, some of them with upcoming asylum hearings.
The administration was so careless that they tried sending eight women to the men's prison in El Salvador. They had to be returned.
Administration officials need to go to jail for this.
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If this doesn't shock your conscience, there is something wrong with you. nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/…