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https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/venezuelan-migrants-deportations-el-salvador-prison-60-minutes/

Andry Romero is a 31-year-old gay Venezuelan makeup artist who was following the legal process to seek asylum in the U.S. when ICE agents snatched him off the street and shipped him to the El Salvador prison camp called CECOT. Journalists photographed him crying for his mother as guards shaved his head.

Folks, we have people who had legal status in the U.S. and who have NO criminal record being shipped to a prison camp in El Salvador that's notorious for never releasing people alive. An innocent person like Romero could easily be killed there at any time. And there's not enough public knowledge about this: Half the country still thinks all of these people are violent criminals.

What is the opposition movement doing about this, specifically?

Look, it's nice to have big general protests that are about everything wrong with this administration, and there's A LOT wrong.

But one consequence of protesting everything at once is that stuff like this gets lost in the noise.

That cannot be allowed to happen. If these people's cases don't get enough publicity, they're much less likely to ever be freed. The whole country should know about this case.

I know 4/19 is the big thing on everyone's mind right now.

But how about organizing large-scale protests for after 4/19 specifically about Andry Romero, Kilmer Abrego Garcia and other innocent people being shipped off to what is effectively a torture camp?

Is anyone working on that? If so, how do we support that work? Keeping these people's names in the news can help protect them.

Originally Posted By u/gladesguy At 2025-04-13 09:39:30 AM | Source