These people. They are just hideous. Absolutely Hideous. I could barely stomach to read through the entire story. That they’d do this to this CHILD – ABSOLUTELY EVIL. We didn’t get these types of stories during 44’s Administration. There’s a reason for that. They betrayed this child.
Henry thought that talking to the cops would help him escape MS-13. Instead, it put his life in even more danger.
By Hannah Dreier
If Henry is killed, his death can be traced to a quiet moment in the fall of 2016, when he sat slouched in his usual seat by the door in 11th-grade English class. A skinny kid with a shaggy haircut, he had been thinking a lot about his life and about how it might end. His notebook was open, its pages blank. So he pulled his hoodie over his earphones, cranked up a Spanish ballad, and started to write.
He began with how he was feeling: anxious, pressured, not good enough. It would have read like a journal entry by any 17-year-old, except this one detailed murders, committed with machetes, in the suburbs of Long Island. The gang Henry belonged to, MS-13, had already killed five students from Brentwood High School. The killers were his friends. And now they were demanding that he join in the rampage.
Classmates craned their necks to see what he was working on so furiously. But with an arm shielding his notebook, Henry was lost in what was turning out to be an autobiography. He was transported back to a sprawling coconut grove near his grandfather’s home in El Salvador. In front of him was a blindfolded man, strung up between two trees, arms and legs splayed in the shape of an X. All around him were members of MS-13, urging him on. Then the gang’s leader, El Destroyer, stepped forward. He was in his 60s, with the letters MS tattooed on his face, chest, and back. A double-edged machete glinted in his hand. He wanted Henry to kill the blindfolded man.
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A week later, Henry was called to the principal’s office to speak with the police officer assigned to the school. In El Salvador, Henry had learned to distrust the police, who often worked for rival gangs or paramilitary death squads. But the officer assured Henry that the Suffolk County police were not like the cops he had known before he sought asylum in the United States. They could connect him to the FBI, which could protect him and move him far from Long Island.
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Under normal circumstances, Henry’s choice would have been his salvation. By working with the police, he could have escaped the gang and started fresh. But not in the dawning of the Trump era, when every immigrant has become a target and local police in towns like Brentwood have become willing agents in a nationwide campaign of detention and deportation. Without knowing it, Henry had picked the wrong moment to help the authorities.
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Last year, under Trump, ICE arrested nearly four times more immigrants simply for being suspected of belonging to MS-13 than it did in 2016. Long Island has been the epicenter of the new initiative, called Operation Matador. Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions both delivered major speeches in front of the Suffolk police last year and congratulated them on embracing the administration’s strategy. Trump also invited the mother of Kayla Cuevas, the murdered girl who had flashed the Bloods sign at Henry, to his State of the Union address in January. In private, some Long Island detectives and prosecutors grumbled about the ICE partnership, saying it hampers efforts to investigate the gang. But as the wave of arrests attracted federal grants, additional staff, and positive national media attention, Suffolk County effectively began to serve as a local arm of ICE, rounding up immigrant kids for deportation.
Children’s advocates on Long Island started to warn teenagers to avoid the cops. “We can’t work with Suffolk County police, because any information they have is going to go straight to ICE,” says Feride Castillo, who runs a program for at-risk youth on Long Island. “I tell my immigrant kids all the time not to open their mouths — I don’t care what they’re promising you.”
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Now that he had helped the police, Henry assumed his witness-protection papers would be coming through any day. When he turned 18, he started telling friends and teachers he trusted that he would soon disappear to California. Then one morning in August, as Henry was making lunch for his shift at the toilet-paper factory, the federales finally came for him. But they weren’t from the FBI or the witness-protection program. They were from ICE. The same unit that Henry had helped to arrest members of MS-13 was now pursuing a deportation case against him, using the information he had provided as evidence.
Confused, Henry told the agents he was already working with the police. He asked them to call Tony. Instead, after interrogating him, the ICE agents put him on a bus. He watched the Long Island streets he knew disappear, replaced by the high-rises of downtown Manhattan, then darkness as the bus was swallowed by a tunnel to New Jersey. He was headed to an ICE detention center full of young men suspected of being MS-13 members — the very same ones he had snitched on.
UNPHUCKINGBELIEVABLE!
ICE is full of nothing but monsters. Plain and simple.
https://twitter.com/grantstern/status/983441744011431936
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/983532791165018113
This is what living ones life fully in spite of the stiff grumpy folks around you, looks like.. Go on gran..
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SHOOK!
https://twitter.com/MillenPolitics/status/983494626169339904
I only wish they’d all stop with the whole calling it ‘president’ bit..
No amount of the ridiculous and endless appending of this title to this person will make him worthy..
https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/983519572857950209
https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/status/983516268480335872
https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/983525904734474240
We really, really, really don’t want to hear from you Alan Dershowitz..
I can’t stand him. Maybe he see the writing on the wall?
Can’t stand him either SG… He’s such a self-aggrandizing disingenuous creep..
https://twitter.com/HarleyRouda/status/983445681875619845
A search warrant was obtained because BOBBY III STICKS has irrefutable EVIDENCE
Plus, the search warrant was obtained by same US attorney for the Southern district of New York that was personally interviewed and installed by the buffoon..
https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/status/983486008053334020
He’s scared SHITLESS LOL
And all those ‘generals’ and others sitting around him doing and saying nothing…and generally turning a blind eye to evil and treason …in exchange for a seat at what they see as the ‘power’ table ..Most can’t believe their luck ..that they’re not only calling the shots from our White House, but enjoying the good life on our dime…they cant believe the luxury freebies and super-sweet taxpayer funded perks they also get to enjoy …including among other things, motorcades and sirens for a 5min drive to dinner at a fancy restaurant charged to taxpayers as ‘business’…
They’re all so drunk and high on the power and tax payer funded luxury freebies, and the buffoon knows this too and is counting on them standing by him ..if only just to keep all their White House access, power and sweet perks going ..
He’s banking on them not wanting to lose their own ‘power and perks’ – which inevitably happens if he goes down..
The folding of the arms like a child cracks me up.
[caption id="attachment_76687" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Young girl with head down and arms folded having tantrum[/caption]
Show #45 how to throw a real tantrum, Bro.
https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/983442733389041666
https://twitter.com/aliasvaughn/status/983484746259976192
https://twitter.com/AriMelber/status/983483981776683008
https://twitter.com/TheBeatWithAri/status/983474329986924544
LOL “Many people.” Who dey is?
No one could be more DISGRACEFUL than this thuggish POS.
That body language tho. They (FBI) didn’t break in they had a warrant, Donnie DOO DOO
Uh huh 😒😠
trump is PURE GRADE A TRASH
LOL “An attack on our country,” Like his lawlessness exempts him from being LAWFULLY investigated.
ORWELLIAN WORLD!
He’s mis-learned much of the slick shtick John Kelly tried to teach him, and along with that, the misuse too of much of the John Kelly approved phrasing of stuff..
Like with the Frank Luntz approved lingo, Kelly set out to school him on how to still mean the same awful things, but how to phrase them ‘better’ ..how to for instance use less ‘me’ and ‘I’, and more ‘us’, ‘the country’, ‘our’ ..
And so he mis-responds to investigations into stuff related to his personal shenanigans.. as if it were about the country..
https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/983484573446176768
https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/983144945304383488
I told y’all he was a thug…………
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/983479133119238144
https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/983476579316715522
PURE GRADE A, WHITE TRASH THUGGERY
https://twitter.com/TheAvroPost/status/983480643832242176
Who signed off on the SEARCH WARRANT? The FBI needed it, obtained it, and went
Who are these “MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID…” that POS #45 keeps blabbing on about?
Com on Ametia, don’t you know…
John Barron, John Miller, David Dennison, Peggy Petterson etc..
LOL
https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/983479036826607616
We don’t give a fuck about how angry #45 is.
#45**..
Calling @RepAlGreen …. get the impeachment proceedings started…….
https://twitter.com/AP/status/983470473571979265
FBI kicked doors in and raided Michael Cohen’s office and hotel. #MuellerGangstaMove
The guy was FBI director for 10 years.. longest serving since Edgar Hoover ..served in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War ..received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal for heroism ..
Formally an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he also served as a United States Attorney, as United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, and as Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General..
If anyone would know how to go about this..
Plus, he’s obviously a morally upright man and devoted husband and father.. he’s been married since 1966 to his one and only wife and mother to their 2 daughters -including one who’s disabled..
Spot on! My jam for Bobby III STICKS
Breaking News! Washington Post reporting Michael Cohen being investigated for possible bank fraud, wire fraud, campaign finance violations. #MuellerGangstaMove
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA
SHYT.JUST.GOT.REAL.
The F.B.I. on Monday raided the office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan obtained the search warrant after receiving a referral from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to Mr. Cohen’s lawyer, who called the search “completely inappropriate and unnecessary.” The search does not appear to be directly related to Mr. Mueller’s investigation, but likely resulted from information he had uncovered and gave to prosecutors in New York.
Trump is scared & blathering because shit just got real!
Robert Mueller ain’t playing with these mofos.
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/983435167707648000
Breaking: FBI raided the office of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
https://twitter.com/MattOrtega/status/983434095203004416
White House: “The president still strongly feels there was a large amount of voter fraud.” The reason they can’t actually find any of this voter fraud, Sanders says, is because some states refused to turn over their voter rolls. pic.twitter.com/JWWqEaJju9— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) April 9, 2018
Biggest FRAUDS in America right now are #45 & the fraudsters who support and voted for him.
https://twitter.com/RepRaulGrijalva/status/983420596582256641
Cuteness break…
https://twitter.com/HealingMB/status/983390139727728640
“New downtown mural honors immigrants, event held to renew DACA registration”
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/new-downtown-mural-honors-immigrants-event-held-to-renew-daca-registration
https://media.fox10phoenix.com/media.fox10phoenix.com/photo/2018/04/08/New_downtown_mural_honors_immigrants__ev_0_5306515_ver1.0_640_360.jpg
Also:
“People everywhere are on the move”
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/angela-davis-speaks-on-immigration-at-harvard/
@jeffzeleny
Brutal headlines in Midwest papers on trade for @realDonaldTrump, including @qctimes: “Iowans got conned.” Asked about this today, Trump says this of farmers: “They understand that they are dong this for the country and we will make it up to them.“
GOP Iowa Rep. Young Argues Tariffs Will Harm Overall Economy
David Greene talks Republican Rep. David Young of Iowa, who’s a Trump supporter, but disagrees with the president on trade tariffs. Iowa exports $10 billion of goods annually.
Listen here:
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/05/599721989/gop-iowa-rep-young-argues-tariffs-will-harm-overall-economy
https://twitter.com/SaysHummingbird/status/983331448047521794
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/983396648188444673
Congratulations, Senator Duckworth!
Congratulations, Senator :)
One of my facebook friends looks like Sade’s twin………
https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/983059099863736320
LOL Could Leslie’s smile get any wider?! Love this photo of ehr and Chadwick/T’Challa.
@facebook is full of shit. They know exactly how this ‘impacts’ elections. They’re putting on a show pretending to remedy their malfeasance yet are effectively doing nothing to cure it. They need to be regulated like a utility. https://t.co/FTmrcybK0E
— Andrew C Laufer, Esq (@lauferlaw) April 9, 2018
The ‘ Deep State’?
If you don’t get the ENTIRE PHUCK OUTTA HERE!
https://twitter.com/tbogg/status/983363838689951745
Like I said, Kuscinch is like a virulent strain of STD.
These fake ‘progressives’ ..
Kucinich is a despicable lout..
I assumed that between his olive pit in sandwich lawsuit and his gig at Fox ‘News’ he’d been permanently put out to pasture…
Trump concedes his new economic plan may produce ‘a little pain’
04/09/18 10:40 AM—UPDATED 04/09/18 12:12 PM
By Steve Benen
As a rule, Donald Trump likes to pretend that every aspect of his presidential agenda is working flawlessly, to the historic benefit of all Americans. It therefore came as a bit of a surprise the other day when the president conceded during a radio interview that his controversial trade policies may lead to “a little pain” for the domestic economy.
At the risk of sounding picky, the market has not gone up 40% or 42%. Since Trump’s inauguration, as of late last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen about 20%. That’s not bad, of course, but (a) Trump shouldn’t double the market’s performance just because he feels like it; and (b) market growth under this president ranks Trump below H.W. Bush, Clinton, Obama, Reagan, and FDR at comparable periods in their presidencies.
The more relevant point, however, is Trump’s belief that he’ll cause “a little pain” for the American economy now, taking a “hit” in the short-term, but the steps he’s taking will pay off for us in the long-term. At first blush, that’s not necessarily crazy: this president may be obsessed with instant gratification and impulsive antics, but if Trump had a real, credible plan to impose economic punishments now in order to help the country down the road, that could, theoretically, be a responsible, albeit uncharacteristic, move.
https://twitter.com/morningmoneyben/status/983174245030289408
BWA HA HA HA HA that …that…that,,, what the HELL is that on his head?
THREAD
1/ It’s no coincidence when Ru oligarch sanctions were announced, Trump repeated his intention to withdraw US from Syria. This is Trump’s gift to Putin. The 1991 USSR collapse caused Russia to lose waterways, coastlines & ports, in short—the power of the Russian navy.
— Sarah Smith (@SLSmith000) April 8, 2018
KillerMike thought he was coming for Joy Ann Reid.
As the saying goes..
Don’t come for Joy if she didn’t ask you.
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Respectfully, Mike, NRA TV is not the equivalent of MSNBC, or CNN, or CBS, etc. It’s not a news network. It’s a video outlet for the NRA, designed to push their propaganda, and it’s propaganda that is demonstrably hostile to people who look like you and me.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 26, 2018
You’re a known quantity to those of us who are political media people, due to your work on the campaign. If you wanted to air your views there are plenty of news outlets including mine who would gladly have you on. The NRA wanted you on tape to use it exactly the way they did.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 26, 2018
Don’t come for Joy Reid if she didn’t send for you.
Killer Mike learned that today.
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/SUY7vTMOl5
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 8, 2018
65Bobfr (@Our4thEstate)
April 8, 2018 at 6:27 pm
Joy Ann Reid to Killer Mike: a story in one gif. pic.twitter.com/Prz3GKwxEu
— LadyPolitik (@Ladypolitik) April 8, 2018
A sitting President can be indicted and prosecuted for any crime outside the scope of his official duties as POTUS just like anyone else. The legal burden is upon those who say he can’t. https://t.co/RwNYLzPXNp
— Andrew C Laufer, Esq (@lauferlaw) April 8, 2018
Moreso, an illegitimate, hostile foreign entity sponsored impostor one..
Let’s talk about this.
Let’s punch it all thru.
This mafia – the one that owns our POTUS, traffics in human beings. Women & children. That’s why dotard rants about rapists. Because he launders their money. (cont) /1 https://t.co/pfRAfo14k7
— Lincoln’s Bible (@LincolnsBible) April 8, 2018
Mulvaney gave big pay bumps to his political hires at CFPB: 4 are making $259,500, and one is making $239,595; that’s more than salaries of members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, & nearly all federal judges apart from those on the Supreme Court https://t.co/R1klEAFsnS
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) April 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/983347866780491776
I can’t stand him. He needs jail time!
https://twitter.com/TheBeatWithAri/status/983347187252912128
https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/983346680329318400
https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/983349059732824065
Plan to dismantle Puerto Rico’s statistics agency gets green light https://t.co/0vxNpFXihB <– in line with other US government attacks on research and accurate data, but particularly alarming given the post-hurricane humanitarian crisis— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) 9 April 2018
https://twitter.com/AlBoeNEWS/status/983346160843874304
https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/983326953250926592
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/983313855899160576
Rikyrah, they are demons walking among us, sent from hell to torment us.
Reading this, it’s hard to argue with you, SG2.
https://twitter.com/SarahLerner/status/982726946017632256?s=19
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/982290587184349184?s=19
Folks warned them
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/982840549844668417?s=19
https://twitter.com/zlatnikj/status/982832741648650240?s=19
https://twitter.com/HJBenjamin/status/982623572232491009?s=19
LOL..
https://twitter.com/NicolleDWallace/status/982795654652186624?s=19
https://twitter.com/tomshipsey/status/982612187654049793?s=19
https://twitter.com/NYTNational/status/982840480814845952?s=19
https://twitter.com/FairPunishment/status/982725729912733696?s=19
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/982959035203969024?s=19
The median age in Gaza is 18, so children are half the population. I guess in Gaza you are born guilty of something. Just being Palestinian is apparently a crime.
https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/983113533331312640?s=19
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/983071778204520448?s=19
Update on story. Good thread
https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/981885860751859713?s=20
Good Morning,Everyone 😄😄😄
Good Morning, Everyone!