Right now, in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele has built a terrifying machine of authoritarian control—a massive prison complex called CECOT. It's not just a prison; it is, by every historical and legal definition, a concentration camp. This isn't hyperbole—this is reality.
CECOT holds tens of thousands of people detained without trial under a perpetual "state of emergency." Since 2022, over 85,000 Salvadorans—including children—have been arrested without warrants, evidence, or judicial oversight. They are shaved, stripped, tattooed, shackled, starved, and systematically abused. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the Associated Press have extensively documented these atrocities:
- Human Rights Watch: Widespread Abuses Under State of Emergency
- Amnesty International: Massive Human Rights Violations
These are not detention centers. They are concentration camps, facilities designed explicitly to dehumanize and punish without due process.
Now, Donald Trump Wants to Ship U.S. Citizens There
Trump has openly expressed admiration for Bukele's brutal tactics. According to TIME Magazine and The Washington Post, he has suggested sending American citizens convicted of crimes to serve their sentences in these Salvadoran mega-prisons:
- TIME: Trump Escalates Fight, Considers Sending Americans to El Salvador
- Washington Post: Trump Wants to Send U.S. Citizens to Foreign Prisons. Experts Say There's No Legal Way.
In yesterday’s Oval Office meeting with Bukele, Trump explicitly said, "Home-growns are next. You gotta build about five more places," openly indicating plans to send natural-born U.S. citizens abroad for imprisonment. He added chillingly, "If it's a home-grown criminal, I have no problem with that."
This isn't theoretical—it has already begun. In March 2025, Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland resident legally protected against deportation due to credible fears of persecution, was mistakenly deported by Trump's administration to El Salvador. Upon arrival, García was immediately imprisoned in CECOT, where he remains to this day, despite a unanimous order from the U.S. Supreme Court demanding his immediate return. Trump has refused compliance, openly defying the judicial branch and setting a terrifying precedent of executive lawlessness:
- The Atlantic: Trump’s Administration Defies Supreme Court Order on Abrego García
- The Guardian: Trump's Deportation Defiance Sparks Human Rights Outrage
Let that sink in: The President of the United States ignored the Supreme Court and delivered a legally protected individual into a foreign concentration camp.
If unchecked, this horrifying precedent could soon be extended to American citizens, opening the door to deporting anyone deemed undesirable—political opponents, protestors, whistleblowers—to face imprisonment abroad without protection from U.S. courts.
It’s time to act.
America, wake up. Call your representatives, demand immediate accountability, and insist Congress blocks any agreements or policies enabling the outsourcing of U.S. imprisonment to authoritarian regimes.
Share this widely. Silence now is complicity. History teaches that when concentration camps appear, if we wait until it affects us personally, it's already too late.
Stand up. Resist. Before it's too late.
Originally Posted By u/Parking_Truck1403 At 2025-04-15 08:30:57 AM | Source
These only work in a democracy. America is no longer a democracy. What do Americans do when congress can't/won't/doesn't mobilize police to inact any form just accountability to these people? Because if they haven't now they won't in the future.
A majority of US voters voted for this