Since we’re using El Salvador like it’s a new Gitmo. Like yes, it would still suck for the people from El Salvador.

But at least people from other countries would go back to their home country. Presumably to be treated far better than El Salvador.

  • Ricky Rigatoni
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    Because then most of the people being deported right now would just be deported to the US, causing a paradox and unfolding reality.

    • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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      We could easily, and should, implement a law saying that people must be deported back to their own country. It just means fewer people would be deported.

      • @nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        03 days ago

        it’s not a law that one country can make. it’s a law that requires agreement between countries via international treaty

        • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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          Still not getting it.

          The US can create a law saying “you can only deport people to their home country”. And if the home country doesn’t allow that, don’t fucking deport them.

          It’s basic empathy.

          Otherwise, let’s just all deport them all to Antarctica. It would save a lot of money on logistics, if we’re willing to not give a fuck.

  • @ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    173 days ago

    Do you remember how prisoners were kept in Guantanamo Bay, even after they were no longer suspected of any wrongdoing, simply because there wasn’t a country that would both accept them and treat them in accordance with US law? Many of those prisoners ended up nowhere near where they came from.

    Some countries refuse to accept deportees. Some countries are so likely to mistreat deportees that sending them to those countries is illegal. Some countries simply don’t exist anymore.

  • @Lembot_0002@lemm.ee
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    Because Congress doesn’t care about the well-being of those people. Why else would this nuance be inserted into the law?

  • Archangel
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    Congress recently passed a law that allows people to be deported without due process. They’re not trying to stop him…they’re actively helping him.

  • @Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works
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    I mean, ignoring the law is this administration’s whole thing, so it wouldn’t matter. Also, as we’ve seen in the UK as well as the US, many targetted individuals have never even been to “their own country”.

  • @spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    I don’t know what the US congress is any more, but in other countries it’s because they really really want to expel someone and the deportee’s home country might say “no thanks, they’re your problem”.

    • Fonzie!
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      In case of the US they’ll ask “Oh? You reject him? You and what army?

      You can’t really deny the US much, y’know.

      • @spittingimage@lemmy.world
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        Afganistan said no when the US wanted Bin Laden. Two and a half trillion dollars later the exact same people are back in charge and now they’re armed with modern American weapons instead of vintage Soviet ones. Everyone lost except the people who said no to the US.

      • @kreskin@lemmy.world
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        BS. You think the US is going to invade over not accepting a deportee? The rest of the globe is not so scared of the US that they will just do whatever silly BS the US asks, especially now that we’ve been proven to be a bunch of impotent clowns.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮
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    Because then they wouldn’t be able to deport actual US citizens who aren’t the right color. I mean, if they actually respected the rule of law and weren’t already breaking dozens of them.

  • @Formfiller@lemmy.world
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    Because our laws only protect the wealthy, enforce racism, sexism and are getting worse and more genocidal in real time

  • @vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Because both Houses of Congress are controlled by Republicans who are 100% in support of everything the regime is doing.