I posted yesterday about the Trump administration’s attempt to send migrants to Ukraine. I’m sure they told the Ukrainians to use them as prison labor and everything but it didn’t work out.
But that hasn’t stopped them from finding other dangerous places to send these people. If they are like the ones they sent to El Salvador, you can bet many of them are not criminals, just people trying to make a living and feed their families.
The NYT reports:
The Trump administration is planning to transport a group of immigrants to Libya on a U.S. military plane, according to U.S. officials, another sharp escalation in a deportation program that has sparked widespread legal challenges and intense political debate.
The nationalities of the migrants were not immediately clear, but a flight to Libya carrying the deportees could leave as soon as Wednesday, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the operation.
The decision to send deportees to Libya was striking. The country is racked with conflict, and human rights groups have called conditions in its network of migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.”
The Libya operation falls in line with the Trump administration’s effort to not only deter migrants from trying to enter the country illegally but also to send a strong message to those in the country illegally that they can be deported to countries where they could face brutal conditions. Reuters earlier reported the possibility of a U.S. deportation flight to Libya.
Right. It’s deterrence, kind of like when the Taliban stones a woman for adultery or Putin poisons his political opposition. I think the Saudis like to dismember dissidents or hang them from big cranes over everyone’s heads so maybe Trump can arrange to send some of the migrants there. You know, to send a message.
Update:
A U.S. judge said any effort by the Trump administration to deport migrants to Libya would clearly violate a prior court order barring officials from swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own without first weighing whether they risk persecution or torture if sent there.
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued an order, opens new tab restricting their removal on Wednesday after Reuters, citing three U.S. officials, reported on Tuesday that the Trump administration may for the first time deport migrants to Libya despite previous U.S. condemnation of Libya’s harsh treatment of detainees.
Apparently, they were getting ready to do it.
This is par for the course these days. Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem are determined to deport these people to make them suffer in cruel and inhuman conditions. And they do it not just to send a message but entertain the MAGA cult with the cruelty.
They really do love it: