Can't remember if it's been covered in here at this point, but the Trump administration is trying to argue to the Supreme Court that although, by their own admission, they have deported a legal migrant with no criminal history to this brutal El Salvadoran prison, they have no responsibility to bring him back. And he's not the only one, more and more cases are coming to light of completely innocent people, legal migrants, who've been sent to this prison. I'm seeing little difference between this and the use of concentration camps.
There was also this story that came to light the other day of someone who has been legally living and working in the US for years who was refused re-entry and had their visa revoked for no apparent reason after travelling back to Australia for a couple of days.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... MP=soc_567
Trump's press seretary announced publcly the other day that they were looking at ways to deport US citizens. Only the worst criminals she said, bu that's obviously horseshit in context of the egregious freedom of speech violations and forced deportations going on. We can see on our own shores how a much milder government egregiously misuses anti-terrorism and protest legislation, Trump's lot would be considerably worse.
Congress just passed the SAVE act which will require people to vote with a passport or valid birth certificate. A measure that disproportionately impacts women (especially those who've changed their name when marrying) and minorities. Costs for obtaining these things vary hugely by state, but can be hundreds of dollars. It could already take weeks if not months to get a passport before the swingeing cuts to the federal government. All while the majority of Americans have a perfectly valid driver's license as a form of photo ID. It will allegedly only impact those not already registered to vote, but given the Republican tactic of purging state voter roles before elections it's bound to impact huge number of people now that they have carte blanche to do it openly with regime support.
Using the apparatus of the state to bully the legal sector and non-profits that do such dreadful things as explore pro-environment initiatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... horitarian
There's that unbelievable video doing the rounds as well of the latest cabinet meeting where everyone present personally tongue punches his orange arsehole with the sort of scripted over the top thanks for existing that we'd expect from North Korean state television.
The authoritarianism, nay fascism, of this administration is every bit as bad as the most ardent critics warned.
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