Katie Porter here.
I want to tell you about my former colleague, Rep. Robert Garcia from Long Beach. Robert and a few other Members of Congress recently traveled to El Salvador to demand answers about the people who the Trump Administration is throwing into horrific prisons.
More than 200 people have been taken from American streets and thrown into these prisons without due process. This is not what democracy looks like, and these are not normal deportations. The Trump Administration—without regard for error—is simply throwing people into these foreign prisons without a trial and without allowing them to speak to a lawyer or their family.
When Robert went down there, he asked about makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero, who nobody has heard from since March 14th. They received no proof of life. This situation couldn’t be more urgent.
Donald Trump would like this story to go away so he can continue deporting people—even U.S. citizens—to these foreign prisons. This isn’t a far-fetched fear, Trump himself said “the homegrowns are next” to El Salvador’s president.
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Thanks for reading,
Katie Porter
