Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

BumRushDaShow

(164,775 posts)
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 03:18 PM Apr 2025

Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador's mega-prison and saw people drained of hope. He then pitched it to Stephen Miller

Source: The Independent

Friday 25 April 2025 16:47 BST


Matt Gaetz visited the El Salvador mega-prison last summer and pitched the idea of sending migrants there to Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, according to a report. Trump’s failed nominee to lead the Justice Department was invited on a diplomatic visit by El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in July 2024, TIME reports.

Bukele made Gaetz an offer during a dinner that he would be willing to imprison migrants that Trump wanted removed from the U.S. inside El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, according to the outlet. The next day, Gaetz was given a tour of the facility, which human rights groups have described as a “tropical gulag” rife with abuses.

“The conditions had zapped the inhabitants of any will to fight,” Gaetz told TIME. “It’s tough to see the state of the human condition drained of hope.” Gaetz then pitched the idea of sending migrants to the mega-prison to immigration hardliner Miller, a source told the outlet, who then presented it to Trump.

“One of the reasons I like it is because it would be much less expensive than our prison system, and I think it would actually be a greater deterrent,” Trump said in an interview with TIME.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/matt-gaetz-el-salvador-prison-trump-deportation-b2739596.html



These people are a bunch of craven sickos.
30 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador's mega-prison and saw people drained of hope. He then pitched it to Stephen Miller (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 OP
Humans like this are flawed and yet many people admire them. Yuk! walkingman Apr 2025 #1
Much worse than flawed... and definitely not human any more. ananda Apr 2025 #6
Tom Riddle minus a couple of hoarcruxes MadameButterfly Apr 2025 #21
Why in the world would Gaetz ever go there? FakeNoose Apr 2025 #2
Hoping to "tour" the female children/young adult housing. n/t flvegan Apr 2025 #9
He thought MS-13 meant Ms.13... rubbersole Apr 2025 #10
DUzy worthy! Brother Buzz Apr 2025 #13
I guess this is where we need to send Gaetz, for alleged raping someone. And what's ever happened to this ? How is it SWBTATTReg Apr 2025 #3
It's "tough to see," so let's do it some more! Qutzupalotl Apr 2025 #4
Gaetz, Miller, Bukele, Trump-- all simply evil LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #5
Himmler, Goebbels, Heydrich, Eichmann MadameButterfly Apr 2025 #22
These people are vile. badhair77 Apr 2025 #7
It's a conundrum. ShazzieB Apr 2025 #17
If anyone deserves to be there, it's THESE motherfucking fucks Blue Owl Apr 2025 #8
Depraved NAZIs Kid Berwyn Apr 2025 #11
And Gaetz is a lawyer Grins Apr 2025 #12
It's torture and illegal. Call it. MSM is soft peddling as usual. They are un-adjudicated and wrongfully "disappeared Evolve Dammit Apr 2025 #14
It might be a deterrent for immigrants Mblaze Apr 2025 #15
The problem is they can't find enough rapists and murderers MadameButterfly Apr 2025 #23
Drool, drool! dchill Apr 2025 #16
Perhaps... Godot51 Apr 2025 #18
A good prison in another coutry where the ruler is in your pocket gives them a great opportunity to express themselves. SupportSanity Apr 2025 #19
Gaetz loose in El Salvador, I'm positive nothing salacious occurred - yeah, RIGHT. NoMoreRepugs Apr 2025 #20
They're channeling Fire Lord Ozai sakabatou Apr 2025 #24
They are pure evil karin_sj Apr 2025 #25
SCHADENFREUDE PURE AND SIMPLE vapor2 Apr 2025 #26
Miller based the current situation on the 50s "Operation Wetback." Miles Archer Apr 2025 #27
Gaetz should have his obnoxious ass in prison. oasis Apr 2025 #28
Bukele made Gaetz an offer...? 3825-87867 Apr 2025 #29
greaseball to greaseball, as it were. Godot51 Apr 2025 #30

ananda

(34,244 posts)
6. Much worse than flawed... and definitely not human any more.
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 03:52 PM
Apr 2025

They have completely lost their humanity.

SWBTATTReg

(25,970 posts)
3. I guess this is where we need to send Gaetz, for alleged raping someone. And what's ever happened to this ? How is it
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 03:25 PM
Apr 2025

that if someone is involved w/ politics, they literally get away w/ crap that is buried forever?

ShazzieB

(22,108 posts)
17. It's a conundrum.
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 05:30 PM
Apr 2025

On the one hand, I believe in principle that it's wrong to wish ill on another person. Bit it's awfully hard not to wish ill on people who wish it on so many others and do their utmost to make it happen.

Evolve Dammit

(21,399 posts)
14. It's torture and illegal. Call it. MSM is soft peddling as usual. They are un-adjudicated and wrongfully "disappeared
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 05:22 PM
Apr 2025

MadameButterfly

(3,696 posts)
23. The problem is they can't find enough rapists and murderers
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 08:19 PM
Apr 2025

How do you deter honest green card holding legal immigrants who are fleeing terrible conditions elsewhere?
Most of them will come anyway. They might learn not to get tattoos. The people who will stop coming are the ones who aren't desperate: the tourists.

SupportSanity

(1,562 posts)
19. A good prison in another coutry where the ruler is in your pocket gives them a great opportunity to express themselves.
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 05:37 PM
Apr 2025

How can they NOT find this absolutely irresistable?
This is who they are. NOTHING different than Nazis other than they speak english.

To be able to watch human suffering and truly enjoy it? Heaven.....

Let's order up some more......

sakabatou

(45,657 posts)
24. They're channeling Fire Lord Ozai
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 08:41 PM
Apr 2025

"Yes, you're right. We need to destroy their hope."
-Fire Lord Ozai on how to demoralize the Earth Kingdom

Miles Archer

(21,361 posts)
27. Miller based the current situation on the 50s "Operation Wetback."
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 10:36 PM
Apr 2025

The Kilmar Abrego Garcia situation should have been an expected outcome by anyone familiar with the Eisenhower-era program. Wrongful deportations of people living here legally were part of what happened. We know Miller doesn't care because he's the chief cheerleader for the real dog whistle under Trump's "Make America Great Again" fetish (TRUE MESSAGE: MAKE AMERICA WHITE AGAIN).

oasis

(53,268 posts)
28. Gaetz should have his obnoxious ass in prison.
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 10:43 PM
Apr 2025

I eagerly await the day it finally happens.

3825-87867

(1,769 posts)
29. Bukele made Gaetz an offer...?
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 03:50 AM
Apr 2025

BEFORE trump won?
It would seem probably Gaetz already KNEW Trump would win and told Bukele...that the fix was in.

Just a thought.

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Matt Gaetz visited El Sal...