Josh Marshall: Very, very important piece about a part of the CECOT story that's gone barely discussed.

[Dennis Donovan]

Josh Marshall
‪@joshtpm.bsky.social‬
Very, very important piece about a part of the CECOT story that's gone barely discussed. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...

April 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM

Very, very important piece about a part of the CECOT story that's gone barely discussed. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T14:19:26.400Z

[lapfog_1]

1. The point of sending people ( despite any immigration status ) to CECOT

is to generate the "horror stories" that now permeate the news.

Far from being bad for Trump, the stories ARE THE GOAL.

Much like child separation from Trump first term.

It is meant to deter people from entering the USA in the first place.

Of course, it won't work... i mean it will work for a little while, but the conditions in the home country these people are coming from are sometime very dire... death is just around the corner there... people live hand to mouth every day. They can either join the gangs that deal in drugs and trafficking or leave for the US and menial jobs for needed cash ( jobs that will now be completely off the books ). They will choose to risk CECOT and migrate anyway.

But the stories about deporting people to CECOT without a court finding or any criminal charges... that is a Stephen Miller special. He would have really fit right in with the Nazi high command.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes it is meant to impress the MAGA cult and terrorize everyone else.

Mostly a message to immigrants. You are your children will be kidnapped and sent
to god knows where.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. He genuinely wants the US - and himself - to be feared, not respected.

By the time he's gone, it may be neither. Certainly he won't be.

[Martin68]

2. The Trump administration is playing fast and furious with the rules. The courts will try to rein him in. If he doesn't

obey court rulings, something will have to give.

[Iamscrewed]

3. Crime

Simple crimes against humanity.

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

4. Imprisoned without any convictions or sentences, in a foreign country

BlueSky comments


….The problem is the US corporate news media keeps saying these folks were ‘deported’, which sounds normal(ish) and doesn’t usually call for a lot of scrutiny,

when in fact they were imprisoned without a conviction or sentencing,
which absolutely does.

…….They were all moved illegally. Kidnapped not deported.

[drmeow]

7. The equivalent of Nuremberg trials - for every single person involved

with the option of the death penalty for top leadership. I've never fired a gun in my life but I'd volunteer to be on THAT firing squad!

[mopinko]

8. the focus on 2 ppl has bugged me.

sorta misses the point. but then again, we dont know who the others r. w these ppl, u can guarantee there r many more among them who r innocent.