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GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers.

Then the company started expanding into deportation flights.

“They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”
propublica.org/article/inside-

#News #ICE #Immigration #Deportation #Aviation #Immigrants #Migrants #Trump newsie.social/@ProPublica/1142

Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step (The Guardian)

The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight.

Germany can choose to uphold the principles it claims to stand for, or continue down a path of authoritarianism.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new stepBy Hanno Hauenstein
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Homan, who describes himself as a "lifelong Catholic" and "devout Mass-goer," has told Pope Francis to mind his business and stick to religion — to butt out of Holman's business with immigrants.

Trump's media guru Karoline Leavitt, who lied boldly about disappearing of immigrants this week, is another lifelong Catholic schooled from grade school through college in Catholic schools. She describes herself as an ardently "pro-life" Catholic.


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"So many of the men detained by ICE and sent to El Salvador have no criminal records. ICE agents targeted them simply because they had 'suspicious' tattoos and brown skin. It is an exercise in petty power designed to elevate the worst among us. We are throwing the keys over to the brown shirts."


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Commenting on the disappearing by the Trump administration of Andry José Hernández Romero and Neri Alvarado, Greg Olear says,

"You know, those people are gone. So this is horrifying. And it speaks to where this is headed, because the longer that they do this kind of thing without any repercussions, the more they’re going to push it and start rounding up other people also."

~ Greg Olear


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gregolear.substack.com/p/rambl

PREVAIL by Greg Olear · Ramble On: Waiting for the Barbarians (video)By Greg Olear

#ElSalvador #immigrants #trump

“ A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison. ” apnews.com/article/el-salvador The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP News · The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, a judge saysBy Michael Kunzelman

A man who was detained by earlier this month is expected to be released on Fri after comm advocates & officials appealed for his release so he can resume the kidney donation process in hopes of saving his brother's life.

His ATTY: "The logistics of his release aren't yet confirmed with ICE, but potentially as early as Fri he could be released.

The duration & the conditions of Gonzalez's expected release are unclear.

Public pressure is effective.
abcnews.go.com/US/kidney-donor

ABC News · Kidney donor expected to be released by ICE after appeal to save his brother's lifeBy Deena Zaru

Immigrants may not have the same status as citizens, but they do have legal rights in the United States. Boundaries are being tested as the Trump administration claims broad authority to deport “alien enemies” and others. #immigration #border #immigrants

csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/202

Posted into Now What? @now-what-csmonitor

The Christian Science Monitor · More immigrants face deportation: What due process are they owed?By Sarah Matusek

Hey, New Yorkers! Here're some protests you can join, Sat Apr 5 ~
1) Bway/ Wall St, downtown Manhattan 9am = Hands Off Our Social Security!
2) Bryant Park, midtown Manhattan, 1pm = Hands Off/ Fight Back NYC!
3) Tesla Dealership 14th/ Washington, meatpacking district, Manhattan, 3pm = Tesla Takedown!
#USA #fascist #occupied #Russian #state #takeover #PresidentMusk & #OurPutin #destroy #economy #fascism #rules #dictator #authoritarian #attack #rights #ICE #terrorists #jail #innocent #immigrants

Interview: "Trump Sends Hundreds of Immigrants to Brutal Salvadoran Prison"

"Their goal is to ramp up deportations.. as quickly as they can.

"Every single day now, new stories are coming out showing that they made a lot of mistakes."

But even when they admit their mistakes, Trump says he won't return those people to their families.

~Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, American Immigration Council

democracynow.org/2025/4/2/trum

#uspol #racism #fascism #trumpdeportations #immigrants #resist #strike .

Democracy Now! · Trump Sends Hundreds of Immigrants to Brutal Salvadoran Prison as Mass Deportations ExpandBy Democracy Now!

Interview: "Trump Sends Hundreds of Immigrants to Brutal Salvadoran Prison"

"Their goal is to ramp up deportations.. as quickly as they can.

"Every single day now, new stories are coming out showing that they made a lot of mistakes."

But even when they admit their mistakes, Trump says he won't return those people to their families.

~Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, American Immigration Council

democracynow.org/2025/4/2/trum

#uspol #racism #fascism #trumpdeportations #immigrants #resist #strike .

Democracy Now! · Trump Sends Hundreds of Immigrants to Brutal Salvadoran Prison as Mass Deportations ExpandBy Democracy Now!