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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: DHS acknowledges Venezuelan man missing on March 15 is being held at CECOT
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
7m
ICYMI, in response to the Times story today of the Venezuelan man disappeared by the Trump administration on March 15, DHS has acknowledged for the first time that the man is currently being imprisoned in CECOT.
It shouldn't take a major media story to get DHS to say who they're paying to imprison.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Because Rubio and Trump wanted to look harsh on Tren de Aragua for the base and to generate a major media splash around the Alien Enemies Act, and Bukele saw the opportunity for a payday, international attention, and closer ties to Trump? bsky.app/profile/fore...
April 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
7m
ICYMI, in response to the Times story today of the Venezuelan man disappeared by the Trump administration on March 15, DHS has acknowledged for the first time that the man is currently being imprisoned in CECOT.
It shouldn't take a major media story to get DHS to say who they're paying to imprison.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Because Rubio and Trump wanted to look harsh on Tren de Aragua for the base and to generate a major media splash around the Alien Enemies Act, and Bukele saw the opportunity for a payday, international attention, and closer ties to Trump? bsky.app/profile/fore...
Pé 🍺🧿
@forevernever.bsky.social
5m
Okay, but why was he sent to El Salvador and not Venezuela?
April 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Because Rubio and Trump wanted to look harsh on Tren de Aragua for the base and to generate a major media splash around the Alien Enemies Act, and Bukele saw the opportunity for a payday, international attention, and closer ties to Trump? bsky.app/profile/fore...
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T22:29:58.351Z
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