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US accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian prison, can't get him back

(www.independent.co.uk)
224 points croes | 4 comments | 01 Apr 25 09:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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fabian2k ◴[01 Apr 25 09:44 UTC] No.43544773[source]▶
It's not an accident if the government intentionally circumvents all checks that usually would apply to cases like this and denies them due process. It's also intentional that they send these people to a prison in a different country (and for most of them not the country they are originally from) with conditions that would certainly be illegal in the US itself.

This is also about more than just this single case. From the little we know so far it seems that being from Venezuela and having any kind of tattoo is sufficient to be targeted.

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facile3232 ◴[01 Apr 25 09:54 UTC] No.43544855[source]▶
> with conditions that would certainly be illegal in the US itself.

Why would you assume this? We're also under investigation for human rights abuses in our prisons. AFAIK most of the rights you have as a prisoner are civil rights.

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BLKNSLVR ◴[01 Apr 25 10:04 UTC] No.43544938[source]▶
The US seems to treat its successful citizens incredibly well, but punish its failures incredibly harshly. Your point is valid.
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bestouff ◴[01 Apr 25 10:26 UTC] No.43545069[source]▶
I wouldn't be so sure about the successful citizens. You probably have to be WASP cis male to maximize your chances.
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1. throw310822 ◴[01 Apr 25 11:17 UTC] No.43545409[source]▶
Yeah, wasp cis males such as Sam Altman or Peter Thiel or Brin, Page, Zuckerberg, Cook, Nadella, Pichai, Huang...
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2. throw310822 ◴[01 Apr 25 12:28 UTC] No.43545945[source]▶
Might as well be, but why blaming cis wasps for this? It's pointless bucketing of people based on, well, obviously misguided prejudice.
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3. facile3232 ◴[01 Apr 25 19:54 UTC] No.43550714{3}[source]▶
It makes sense if you follow the narrative arc of the country. The above people I mentioned slot right into the WASP trend of the ruling decorum of the country, even if the trend abandoned nominal white Anglo-Saxon protestants centuries ago.

It's the same reason why white supremacy is still relevant despite the color of skin being less important: it still ties into the impressive rhetorical power of colorism and the implicit introduction of "others" that allows the oppression of the general population for not being "civilized" enough, as if the word had any meaning to a person whose brain hadn't been turned to porridge by interaction with finance bros.

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4. milesrout ◴[02 Apr 25 12:28 UTC] No.43555902{4}[source]▶
So they aren't white Anglo-Saxon protestants at all. They just are white? Just say white then...