Tren de Aragua started in prison in 2014 & largely controlled theTocoron prison in Aragua

Do deports quietly going forward, no need to announce

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Bukele has now said we can also send dangerous American prisoners to their prison system in El Salvador, would love that but a Pipe Dream with laws protecting the deportation of US citizens.
But we do have a spot for these other assholes.

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I'm sure there are enough non-citzens in prisons in this nation to make a nice dent by sending them down there. Some red states would enjoy this option to get them off their books. Get them deported now too. As when released they get sent back to their nations from there.

Heck I'd bet just send the ones with DWIs straight there.

I see where you're coming from, and I don't disagree that Venezuela sending criminals to the U.S. would be a massive problem. There's plenty of evidence that authoritarian regimes use migration as a weapon, and it wouldn’t be shocking if Maduro saw an opportunity to offload some of his worst offenders onto us. But whether or not that’s a coordinated effort or just a byproduct of a failed state dumping its problems on the world is still up for debate. Either way, the end result is the same: we’re dealing with the consequences.

Now, on the idea of sending our worst criminals to El Salvador. Bukele has proven that he's willing to handle business in ways that make our justice system look like a daycare, but there’s a major difference between deporting foreign criminals and exporting American citizens. Even if the legal barriers weren’t there, I’m not sure we'd want to outsource punishment to a place where human rights take a backseat to optics. There’s a fine line between being tough on crime and turning into the very kind of lawless system we claim to be against.

That said, we both agree on one thing: this problem didn’t come out of nowhere. Weak border policies, refusal to deport violent offenders, and a justice system more concerned with optics than enforcement have led us here. Whether the criminals are from Venezuela or anywhere else, we need leadership that actually prioritizes American safety over political games. That much is undeniable.