Due Process
Wed, Apr 9, 2025 • 7:48 PM
The collaboration between the Trump and El Salvador's Bukele administrations reflects authoritarian tactics: dismantling checks and balances, suppressing dissent, and using fear-based narratives to justify power grabs. Bukele has purged El Salvador’s judiciary and controls a prison system criticized for systematic human rights violations. Trump is mirroring this authoritarian trajectory in the U.S., using immigration and national security as justification for centralizing power and targeting perceived enemies.
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