Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.

Key facts here:

  1. He entered the us legally, with an appointment to apply for asylum
  2. He had a Michael Jordan tattoo
  3. US officials decided he was a gang member based on this, even though officials “found that he did not appear to have ties with the Tren de Aragua,” the gang he is accused of belonging to
  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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    3 hours ago

    I wasn’t. I was trying to educate the people around me, but they didn’t want to be educated. They wouldn’t listen. Hell, my grandparents swore they wouldn’t vote for Trump again and did it anyway. What was I supposed to do, take them out back and put em out of their misery?