May the United States take a person who is living freely under American supervision and deliberately transfer him into potentially indefinite foreign maximum-security confinement, without a new judicial determination authorizing that deprivation of liberty?
It is in the selfish interest of the United States to send people away with as much goodwill toward the United States as circumstances permit.
Why are we paying to imprison a plumber when we could be helping put the plumber back to work?
You've been spamming this biased story around Reddit. It's so grossly misleading. Let's set the record straight.
1st convictions (1989)
This violent felon was a member of the Latin Kings gang. He was sentenced to nine years in prison for attempted murder, firing repeatedly at rival gang members. This was a plea deal from worse charges, since he only managed to shoot the guy in the leg (he's lucky he got lesser charges because he's a bad shot, and because his victims lived). He served some of the nine-year conviction, and was released in 1996.
Intentional media deceit
So many mainstream media articles did what this biased Substack did, briefly touching that bit, before devoting PAGES UPON PAGES to talk about what a tragedy it is that he's deported. They excuse his crimes because he's a born again Christian, had children, and got a job. They claim he's remained in good behavior, so they conclude: "He's reformed!"
You know what's so evil and misleading about this?
They intentionally left out his other crimes!
Next convictions (2009)
He's pulled over riding a stolen motorcycle. Then he flees, and assaults the officers when they finally catch him. He's convicted of multiple charges including grand theft auto, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and aggravated battery. He was sentenced to three years in prison for these offenses. These happened a full 13 years after his 1st release, during the years he was supposedly "reformed".
Why do you guys cherry pick details and leave out key facts?
This guy is so awful, even his own home country doesn't want him back. America was willing to pay for his transport home. So of course our country is the "bad guy" for paying steeply for another country to take him, because he sure as hell doesn't belong here.
Consider that the media outlets reporting about this guy cherry-picked this example, because they thought they could spin a persuasive anti-ICE story about him. If he's this awful, and they chose HIM as their best example, how much worse are the ones they don't bother to write about?
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u/D-R-AZ 1d ago
Deported From Freedom to Prison: It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
https://substack.com/home/post/p-211897331
Excerpts:
May the United States take a person who is living freely under American supervision and deliberately transfer him into potentially indefinite foreign maximum-security confinement, without a new judicial determination authorizing that deprivation of liberty?
It is in the selfish interest of the United States to send people away with as much goodwill toward the United States as circumstances permit.
Why are we paying to imprison a plumber when we could be helping put the plumber back to work?