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@990000@mstdn.social (990000@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 00:09:37 JST @990000@mstdn.social

Absolutely horrific
https://archive.ph/nkP8d
#ICE #Trump
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1. Then, on Thursday, armed officers showed up at their home, arrested them and took them to a Texas detention center, Mervin Yamarte, 29, told his mother by phone. The family members do not know their charges, and the men's names do not appear in federal, state or local criminal court records. What happened next horrified their families. Yamarte said they were asked to sign deportation papers and agreed, thinking that they would soon be back with their children and loved ones in Venezuela. But a day later, his mother saw a jarring video released by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele showing alleged gang members being violently pulled off planes from the United States and dragged to a mega-prison notorious for allegations of human rights abuses. Mercedes Yamarte spotted her son. He appears for only a second, but she has no doubt it is him. He is kneeling and wearing a ripped black shirt. His head has been shaved. An officer stands behind him. He appears to be wincing. "I didn't have words," Mercedes Yamarte said Monday, her voice strained. "I couldn't speak."
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2. On the left, an undated photo of Mervin Yamarte in Dallas, provided by his mother. On the right, Yamarte in a video released by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Mercedes Yamarte; El Salvador presidential press office) Unbeknownst to his family, Yamarte had been boarded onto a plane after President Donald Trump secretly signed a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The wartime provision gave Trump the power to quickly remove Venezuelans accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang, taking away their chance to make their case to a judge before deportation. A federal judge blocked Trump from using the power and ordered the administration to turn around any planes that were already in the air. Three planes landed in El Salvador hours later.
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