Authors Victor Romano

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1/ The US has been exceptionally cruel towards immigrants/refugees/asylum seekers, including torture, ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ & other ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ against ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. Many know the 0-tolerance child separation policy, still happening today, its cruel intentions & consequences. โ€ฆ

2/ Many don't know of substantially larger number of family separations, >8800+ in 2020 ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ as a result of 159,000+ expulsions/deportations this year, including U.S. residents via ICE raids, +more in other 3 years of the Trump admin, the lengthy & squalid incarceration,โ€ฆ

3/ โ€ฆtorture, prolonged exposure to noxious gasses, forced sterilizations, children held in secret detention facilities, & prison conditions & expulsions leading to deliberate & unnecessary deaths, all with ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜๐˜†, all new to the Trump admin. โ€ฆ

4/ Documented US immigrant residents, particularly people of color, continue to be removed from their homes & families to be deported to dangerous countries they have never known, sometimes to their death. โ€ฆ

5/ Asylum seekers receive only show trials (trials with predetermined outcomes), and several other impediments make it nearly impossible for a legal path for immigrants to obtain U.S. citizenship.
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1/ Some of us suspected that Trump would use ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ to enable those ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ so that they can be free to ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„ and ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ at Trump's request.

2/ We suspected Trump may threaten those who are not loyal, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€. If we allow these pardons to stand, it will send a message that the President, and those loyal to him, are ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„. We cannot allow that precedent to be set.

3/ We must not allow pardons to stop us from investigating, prosecuting, and holding accountable those involved. This includes ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†.

4/ In the words of Ex-Trump official @MilesTaylorUSA:
https://t.co/SdZbakhJ1D

โ€œHe'd been told, on repeated occasions, that the way he wanted to do it was ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น. His response was to say: โ€˜Do it. If you get in trouble ๐—œ'๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™โ€ฆโ€

5/ โ€œThe President ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป U.S. government officials for ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„ to implement his immigration policy.โ€
- Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA, August 24,