• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Exactly. As the article says:

    In a post on X Thursday night, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “The Trump Administration arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals including a suspected terrorist, four members of the Tren de Aragua gang, and several illegals convicted of sex crimes against minors.” Tren de Aragua is a violent gang that started in Venezuela and has now started to spread into the U.S. It became something of a flashpoint during the presidential campaign.

    Leavitt gave no further details about the arrests.

    They tried to raid an elementary school in Chicago and the school told them to fuck off, so I’m thinking they aren’t going after dangerous criminals unless there’s some sort of nefarious criminal element amongst the Barbie and Hot Wheels crows.

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      2 months ago

      These people’s existence is considered a crime by the right so when they say criminals it doesn’t really mean anything anymore

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      2 months ago

      Tren de Aragua became a flashpoint based on a lie. No apartment buildings were taken over by them. There was only like one dude actually in the gang.