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_{In 2022 El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele plunged into a régimen de excepción - a state of exception - and declared war against gangs. There has been torture, unreported deaths, and systematic disappearances. They suspended fundamental rights like freedom of assembly and association, the right to legal representation, and the right to see a judge within 72 hours of detention. The age of criminals was lowered to 12. Trump has also been involved in transferring innocent prisoners to El Salvador—Rolling Stone}

_{They get $6 million for excepting anyone in America with tats! Noem, of Homeland Security said the images captured during her tour of the prison were intentionally shared with the public to communicate the consequences facing those who threaten American communities. She also said “The only people allowed in that prison are terrorists” (?) she continues… “People need to see that image. They need to see that the U.S. is going to use every tool we have to make communities safer. What of the mistaken, Noam? Have you foreseen it’d happen in front of our very eyes? didn’t she so much as ask and say, ‘By the way, you got this one guy. We messed up. Can we have him back, please?’ nope. It’s no place for migrants}

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Encage us we are of collective souls Display us in prisoned wallpaper as ghouls Send us into these sepsis tanks, in tin cans in torture dungeons, in faraway lands Mistaken for us are the migrants who don’t belong in our black hole, ripped from their family’s arms, and broken, it has a toll Try to discern, unchain me, give me the time of day I’ve not done any of what you say I’m here, do you not see me? I’m tucked in all of your publicity Before us you stand prestigious -n- tall, your toughness shared inside our halls Donning is the blood red Maga cap a telling of your gang and Jackboots as they were worn by the Sturmabteilung Wings reinforced by the sword’s blows, in your case against the chains that contain, and any empathy inside Keeping you safe an expressionless speech, seal the deal it shall seal my unmerciful fate Judged and sentenced without any assemblance I see right through your imminent coarse leather, and by the end of your reign, hard you’ll fall And later the field forces in which you thrive rotting torn in shreds, but still alive, as shall be fathers ripped away from family Have you not exhausted every remedy for me? Infection is your reasoning, concede for me and it shall be litigation of guilt Rewards you’ve given, they’ve taken and so, forsaken I be Regardless of it, they have me in error, as prison wallpaper I work in the fields, a visa allows it I wear pastel colors, a straw hat covers possessing no tats, what of straw hats What of straw hats?

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Duke Beaufort

Date: 4/8/2025 6:12:00 PM

Anaya, I very much appreciate that you've illustrated and chosen this subject. Making people disappear or using them as an ad, and doing it all with no due process reminds us we are on our way to what we were often told was wrong with Russia. I'm surprised Trump hasn't paid Putin to take dissidents and house them in Siberia. If it happens, please look for me. What Ms. Noem did disgusts many of us. There was something written about her 50K gold Rolex watch on the trip. Sign of the times.

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/9/2025 11:25:00 AM

We are dealing with a White House that is causing confusions, we need clear strategies, and a leader to make the people feel comfortable and not afraid. We don't know how to plan! I'll search the depths of hell for you, Duke!

David Kavanagh

Date: 4/6/2025 3:35:00 PM

A sanitised version of hell Anaya, I’ve seen this place on the News recently, innocent and guilty all locked away indefinitely without trial, your poem is a powerful piece, written by a US citizen with a clear message for the MAGA government, that you are totally against them systematically deporting illegal immigrants to this fate! Brilliant and a fave! Cheers David

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/6/2025 4:21:00 PM

I would like to make it clearer that these folks were 'removed' without due process and on a work Visa. I'm awaiting summer, they'll be hot under the collar. (protests) !

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/6/2025 4:09:00 PM

David, hey yes a US citizen, I can't stand back watching while Noem is perking up to T-rump! ha, glad that you can't either and so grateful you liked it enough as a fav, siempre es la voz de la raz`on, you are voice of reason and I appreciate that as well! Cheers freind :)

Robert Gorelick

Date: 4/5/2025 1:44:00 PM

Blood red Maga hat, those few words say it all! I admire your pro-active stance. We should all witness for those being mistreated. As a good Samaritan, you are taking the righteousness path! Onward! Faving, Robert

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/5/2025 8:15:00 PM

Sweet Robert, ty for the fav. I felt compelled to write for the tattoo deportation contest, it's right up my alley and my pleasure to be a voice for the migrants caught up and mistaken for MS13.

Tom Woody

Date: 4/5/2025 11:05:00 AM

Brutal poetry. I remember reading about this. On the one hand, who feels sorry for gang members who pillage and murder? On the other, even a killer should be treated as a human being with at least some dignity. All the more reason we need the kingdom of God under Christ

Tom Woody
Date: 4/5/2025 12:14:00 PM

Sigh. You keep fighting. I'll keep preaching

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/5/2025 12:05:00 PM

Thousands are protesting in every State, because while on earth we must participate in our rights so that JW's can stay free, God said to obey the laws of earth's kingdom meanwhile....we are God's soldiers--warriors!

Tom Woody
Date: 4/5/2025 11:55:00 AM

Key words are "mistaken as." And I understand politics all to well Anaya. I just choose not to participate in the devil's realm

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/5/2025 11:49:00 AM

Dictatorship = Guilty until proven innocent. Democracy = Innocent until proven guilty.

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/5/2025 11:48:00 AM

I'm the voice for the migrants who were lawlessly swept away from home and hearth, and mistaken as gang members. They were taken before our very eyes, we are witnessing this in real time--dismantling of our democracy, it's NOT collateral damage! Ty, for your visit, always, Tommy-i know you don't understand politics, you're forgiven poet ;)

Tom Woody
Date: 4/5/2025 11:06:00 AM

Of course, innocents are often collateral damage

Yann Rolland

Date: 4/4/2025 8:22:00 PM

beautifully written every voice has to be heard

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/4/2025 8:50:00 PM

It was the goal, yes Yann to be the voice of the innocent migrants who are not gangbangers. They have no trial, taken right in front of our eyes!...God is watching Mz. Noem and her disgusting display of her boasting with lies and power speeches ~ she should've helped the ones taken by mistake!