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The REAL Reason Trump Sent Venezuelans to El Salvador

The Jimmy Dore ShowMarch 31, 202513 min88,996 views
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Deportation Deal with El Salvador

  • 🇸🇻 The Trump administration deported Venezuelans not to Venezuela, but to El Salvador, a country with notoriously harsh prisons.
  • ❓ Questions arise about whether these individuals, claimed to be gang members, were properly vetted and had access to legal recourse.
  • 🗣️ Senator Marco Rubio stated the list was carefully vetted by Homeland Security and that the deported individuals were removable from the U.S., including MS-13 members.

Allegations of Misidentification and Due Process

  • ⚖️ Critics argue that many deported individuals were not gang members and were sent to prison without due process or a thorough investigation.
  • 🏛️ Trump-appointed judges are reportedly pushing back against this lack of due process.
  • 🚨 The Trump administration claimed these individuals were part of the gang "Mara Salvatrucha" (MS-13), an international criminal organization based in Venezuela.

The "Invasion" Narrative and Alleged Gang Involvement

  • 📢 Trump claimed that Venezuela, under Nicolás Maduro, sent criminals and gang members to the U.S. as an "invasion."
  • 🤝 The transcript suggests that the gang "Mara Salvatrucha" is not working with Maduro but is instead used as a tool by the opposition to Maduro's government, with alleged ties to the CIA and FBI.
  • 📹 Maduro reportedly stated that the gang serves the interests of the Venezuelan opposition, including figures like Juan Guaidó, and that the FBI has recordings of these connections.

Protecting Assets and Maintaining Appearances

  • 🇺🇸 The implication is that the U.S. government, through the CIA and FBI, may be working with this gang to oppose the Maduro administration.
  • 🎭 Deporting random Venezuelans to El Salvador, rather than Venezuela, serves as a smokescreen to appear tough on gangs while protecting a gang that allegedly acts as a U.S. asset.
  • 🤫 This tactic allows the Trump administration to look tough on immigration and cartels without disrupting the alleged operations of the gang or exposing U.S. government involvement.

Broader Implications for Due Process

  • 🚫 The summary questions why individuals would not be given a court date to verify gang membership if the U.S. government truly wanted to crack down on them.
  • 🔒 The practice of denying due process to immigrants is seen as a dangerous precedent that could eventually affect citizens.
  • 🔄 This situation is framed as "business as usual," continuing a pattern of protecting U.S. interests under the guise of immigration enforcement, similar to the Biden administration's approach.
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