Liberia? How is this not human trafficking? He’s not from Liberia. Pretty sure he didn’t consent to go to Liberia.
It’s not even on the 2 connected continents he’d call home, it’s in Africa.
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It is human trafficking.
They keep saying deport, but it's human trafficking.
I'm almost certain the reason a lot of these countries happily consented is so they can turn right back around and sell these people into slavery. They don't have documents with them, they don't need to be kept track of (at least from what the admin seems to care), they don't speak the language more than likely, and they're almost all middle class at best, meaning there's practically no imminent risk to selling these people to, say, a VW plantation in Brazil, or Qatar, or wherever. It's not like the DHS or the State Department is going to actually be mad at you if you lose them, they'll just shrug and say "well sometimes people just go missing from foreign jails in countries known to engage in selling people into slavery, we can't really do anything."
Honestly, I assume us Americans are selling them directly into slavery, but I wouldn't be surprised if what you described is the case.
As you can see there is clearly a bridge between North Africa and Brazil on this map. Check mate
It's mind blowing to me that there isn't more outrage about these ~~deportations~~ renditions. It's so fucked.
Back in the day, it was easier to spin up public opinion. There were 3 news stations. Dan Rather would say X, the other two wouldn’t veer from it. Newspapers weren’t all owned by billionaires.
Now, everyone’s scattered and on an individual feed. A good 2/3 of those I talk to who actually talk about politics in social circles (most don’t these days) know nothing or call it “media stirring up bullshit.”
My favorite: more than half our landscaping crew is going back to Columbia because they’re listening to (read: believing) all the hype the media is stirring up on immigration. They’ve done nothing wrong, if doesn’t pertain to them.
And there’s no arguing. Me arguing means I’ve fallen victim to media hype.