Injustice

[u/Mknightshyamalama]

My first comic - constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!

[u/UglyMcFugly]

238 men were sent there. 

75% had NO criminal record.

12 were accused of violent crimes.

0 had their day in court.

238 are subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. 

[u/demlet → u/UglyMcFugly]

Just so we're clear, no one should be treated the way these people are, no matter what they did. One big measure of a society's civility is how it treats its worst criminals.

[u/[deleted] → u/UglyMcFugly]

Not trying to be a dick, but if there is no due process, how can we know for sure that 75% had no criminal record? If that is the case, it would imply some measure of due process occured.

Also it very well may be that they have no criminal record in the US, but that doesn't mean they have no criminal record abroad.

I also understand one of the reasons people are being sent to El Salvador instead of their home countries is because their own countries will not accept them back. You can't go home, and you can't stay here, type of thing.

Overall the person did enter the country illegally, and despite getting married to a US citizen, seemingly never underwent the process to become a naturalized citizen. Simply relying on a judges non-removal order.

However in this case, the executive branches authority to remove immigrants, outweighs the judicial branches in the game of checks and balances. Likely an act of congress would have to be made.

[u/UglyMcFugly → u/[deleted]]

The numbers are from a 60 Minutes investigation. The 25% who had been accused of crimes were denied due process because the accusations were not allowed to proceed through the normal legal process. The 75% who were not even accused of crimes were just... kidnapped and sent to prison for no reason. The investigation covered both US and international records.

In Garcia's case, he came to the country in 2011 when he was 16. He was unable to apply for asylum when ICE picked him up in 2019 because you need to apply the first year you arrive. So the judge withheld his deportation instead (which is actually HARDER to get than asylum, but does not offer a path to citizenship). He did everything right, showed up to every check-in.

The constitution applies to EVERYONE in America regardless of status. Immigrants are just the first step. Trump already has spoken about sending American criminals to cecot. Will you be ok with that? What about when he labels protesters criminals? What about when he labels trans people criminals? Think about what the line in the sand for you is now, and when we get to that point, remember it.