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On Sat, in defiance of a federal court order, #Trump used the #AlienEnemiesAct — a 1798 law previously invoked only in wartime — to deport 137 Venezuelan immigrants, flying them & 124 others to #ElSalvador for open-ended detention in a grim prison complex accused of brutal #HumanRights violations. The WH claims, without offering proof, that the #Venezuelans were members of a violent gang called Tren de Aragua, which ofcls call a “terrorist” group waging “war” against the #UnitedStates.

The irony is rich, because the whole made-for-TV episode — complete w/video of migrants being hauled away in shackles, having their heads shaved & being forced to kneel before their Salvadoran jailers — was clearly intended to #terrorize the millions of undocumented migrants who remain in the #US.

@Nonilex

Also, those images are red meat for tRump’s base.

@huntingdon

Yep. That’s some serious Nazi propaganda.

@KraftTea @Nonilex how on earth is it that the rest of the world is okay with this?

@Jjchr @KraftTea @Nonilex Most of the rest of the world is likely upset about it but what can they do since the people of the USA chose this. There are some countries drooling over it b/c now they don't have to worry about pissing off the US when they continue to do or do the same things.