The subs deal has always been insanely stupid. It’s like when we spent like $10bil on a few fighter jets a while back - if China came knocking looking for an invasion, having 6 subs and a few dozen fighter jets may as well be a few mosquitos buzzing around chinas ears. Completely pointless.

No one is coming to invade Australia. We’re too far away, too barren, and we already give away all of our resources for almost free to anyone who asks.

Our military strategy should be “yeah nah she’ll be right” because we have nothing to worry about in terms of an army from another country pushing a full scale invasion.

Our bigger issue is that we are currently just welcoming in immigrants from anywhere in record numbers, and have been selling all of our land and assets to China and other countries for decades. We’ve imported ~20% of our population in the last 5 years, mostly from China and the Middle East. You know, 2 of the 3 places that are the most likely to invade/start a war with anyone, alongside Russia. Our government is essentially selling our country out as it is with welcoming arms, so there is no need for any military invasion.

It was this, it wasn’t just that more people were home more.

Covid didn’t make people pirate, the studios did. When it was just Netflix and it had everything and it was a reasonable price, piracy went down because Netflix was easier, affordable, and a “fair” price.

Then every studio started taking their stuff off Netflix so they could make their own streaming service, and all of a sudden the streaming world became a very expensive spiderweb of who makes what, what service is it on in my country, is every season on there if it’s a show, etc.

Then everyone just started raising prices like crazy so you’re paying significantly more every single year (sometimes multiple times a year), while giving you less content. It was a match made in heaven for piracy to explode once again.

People appreciated affordable, reasonably priced access to movies and content via Netflix. That was taken away. No surprise what happened next.

I have no idea what the site is, came up as first result in search, but what the site is is irrelevant as it’s simply reporting on what the White House/doj/etc has said. I’ve linked AP and other left-wing nut job sites too when they have the correct sources even if I don’t agree with the opinions written around the sources and statements.

He had withholding status, absolutely. The illegal alien act that has been invoked, however, arguably gave them the power to disregard that and deport him. That can be challenged in court if someone wants to.

You’re also telling lies by saying that the only reason he was determined to be a MS-13 gang member was because of how he was dressed. The government has confirmed that confidential information given to them confirmed that he was MS-13. Not the current government, but the one in 2019. His tattoos on his knuckles fit the mould. The El Salvador president says he is MS-13 and that they wanted him deported to them.

The evidence is stacked up that he is a MS-13 gang member, and he admits to being in the country illegally. What do YOU think should have been done with him if not deportation to his home country where he is a citizen?

As for your reasons why the MS-13 rival gang are after him - that’s all just conjecture. It’s what an illegal immigrant said when faced with being deported to a country he doesn’t want to go back to. It could be true. On the balance of probability, given all we know - illegally entered the country, determined to be a MS-13 gang member, hangs around with other known MS-13 gang members, wears/wore gang affiliated clothing (and yes, the Chicago bulls hat is known to be a MS-13 article of clothing, even if you think it was just a coincidence), has probable gang tattoos, fears being deported - it’s probably a safe bet that what he is saying isn’t 100% true.

One aside - on page 3 of that first document it says in one section (humanitarian issues) that he has no fear of returning to El Salvador, but then under another section (intelligence information) it says that he has fear of returning to El Salvador. I’d love to know which it is meant to be, because it can’t be both. It says he declined the offer to call the consulate office in El Salvador. I’m guessing there was no update or clarification of this document that is available?

so perhaps that’s why they jumped to responding to me instead

Bingo. Just going through notifications from top to bottom, but I’ll get to them all eventually.

I have a few questions for you:

1. in the court docs was it determined that he is a MS-13 gang member, yes or no?
2. why was the “do not deport to El Salvador” order given? Was it because he was going to be deported for being in the country illegally and a gang member?
3. should he have been allowed to stay in the united states illegally forever? Say he wasn’t deported to El Salvador the other week - what should be done with him?

I’m sorry I haven’t “straight up ignored” your reply, I’m working backwards through notifications when I can. Don’t worry, I’ll get to yours. I don’t ignore people trying to have a conversation with me, I thought that would be obvious to you since you seem to be following my replies.

I “keep parroting” that it was determined in court twice because - get this - it was. The gang member allegations were determined to be true by the immigration court, and then by the next court after that finding was appealed. Do you disagree with those statements?

I will gladly be proven wrong and happily admit when I am wrong, because I value learning over pretty much all else in my life. If you can show me that it has been determined in a court that he ISN’T an MS-13 gang member, go ahead.

The allegations were determined to be true. Do you think that gang members carry a gang membership card or something? There’s no “official” gang membership paperwork, everything is “alleged” even after courts deem the allegations to be true.

He admits to being in the country illegally. He was found to be a MS-13 gang member. Both of those things are cause for deportation individually. When you combine they it’s a slam dunk. The only reason he wasn’t deported was because of fear that MS-13s rival gang would persecute him upon his return, which basically confirms that he is an MS-13 member. If he’s not MS-13, why would MS-13s rival gang want him dead?

Why do you think that it even got to the ruling staying his deportation? Because he was going to be deported. 6 years ago. For some absurd reason he has just been able to wander around the USA as an illegal immigrant for the last 6 years because some judge said sending him home is dangerous because of a rival gang 🤣. What sort of stupid situation is that? Illegally in the country, known about, but allowed to stay because not allowed to send him to his home country where he is a citizen.

So what’s the next step? Deport him to a random country where he isn’t a citizen either, where they’ll just send him straight back? Put him in jail for breaking the law by coming in to the country illegally? They can’t just block the only available deportation destination so he gets to illegally stay in the USA forever. So again - what is the next step? What do YOU think should be done with him? He would NOT win any court case fighting against his illegal alien status because he is an illegal alien, self admittedly.

They weren’t establishing guilt other than was he there illegally, which he was. They did determine that he is an MS-13 member.

The allegations of being a gang member were substantiated. Twice. They didn’t go “oh he didn’t show to traffic court, that means he’s a gang member allegedly” lol

He was ordered to be deported twice - that’s why another court then said he can’t be deported to El Salvador lol

Wrong. About pretty much everything you just said.

https://ijr.com/doj-releases-full-dossier-of-evidence-that-abrego-garcia-was-ms-13/

He was proven to be MS-13. He doesn’t have to prove he isn’t, they have to prove he is - and they did. Twice. That’s how courts work.

FYI Wikipedia is not a trusted or reliable source. Avoid using it in future. There’s a reason it’s not allowed as a source in higher education.

Also wrong about the withholding of removal order. He was not granted that due to government persecution - he was granted it because the main rival gang to MS-13 would likely target him. What a strange thing to rule if he isn’t an MS-13 member, right?

Immigration court.

https://ijr.com/doj-releases-full-dossier-of-evidence-that-abrego-garcia-was-ms-13/

Already proven in court. Twice.

That sounds like election denial. I thought you guys didn’t do that?