Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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We have not yet learned anything new than what we were told at the embassy when we were in El Salvador just a few days ago. But it's really important that people understand what is happening, not just to Andre, but to so many others that are being sent to foreign prisons and that we're giving no due process here in the United States. People have to remember that Andre came to the U.S.,
with an asylum appointment. He signed up for an appointment through an app that we have for asylum seekers. He was given a time to show up. He came to the border. He essentially claimed asylum. And then he was essentially kidnapped from that location
with an asylum appointment. He signed up for an appointment through an app that we have for asylum seekers. He was given a time to show up. He came to the border. He essentially claimed asylum. And then he was essentially kidnapped from that location
by ICE, by Homeland Security, sent to a country he knows nothing about, into a prison in El Salvador, and his family has heard nothing about him since. This is a makeup artist. There's no indication he was ever in a gang. His family describes him as someone that's very sweet. that's very kind, vulnerable in some ways.
by ICE, by Homeland Security, sent to a country he knows nothing about, into a prison in El Salvador, and his family has heard nothing about him since. This is a makeup artist. There's no indication he was ever in a gang. His family describes him as someone that's very sweet. that's very kind, vulnerable in some ways.
And so this should frighten every single American and anger us that this is actually happening to other people. The inhumanity that is happening right now to people that are seeking asylum, to people that are here in some cases ordered to stay in the U.S. by the U.S. courts and even the Supreme Court. Yet Donald Trump could care less about due process.
And so this should frighten every single American and anger us that this is actually happening to other people. The inhumanity that is happening right now to people that are seeking asylum, to people that are here in some cases ordered to stay in the U.S. by the U.S. courts and even the Supreme Court. Yet Donald Trump could care less about due process.
And it's important that we receive word as soon as possible from the embassy or the State Department that Andrew Romero is okay.
And it's important that we receive word as soon as possible from the embassy or the State Department that Andrew Romero is okay.
They did. I mean, look, we met directly with the U.S. ambassador there on the ground. And of course, we went there to continue to demand Kilmar's release, which, as we know, Donald Trump has defined the Supreme Court a unanimous decision and Kilmar needs to be released immediately. So that was what we were there for. In addition to that, Andrei's case is very important.
They did. I mean, look, we met directly with the U.S. ambassador there on the ground. And of course, we went there to continue to demand Kilmar's release, which, as we know, Donald Trump has defined the Supreme Court a unanimous decision and Kilmar needs to be released immediately. So that was what we were there for. In addition to that, Andrei's case is very important.
He is someone that we need to ensure gets his due process. I've been talking to his lawyer team here also in the United States. The ambassador for the first time acknowledged his case. And for the first time after we left that meeting, made an official request to the Salvadorian government for a welfare check on Mr. Romero.
He is someone that we need to ensure gets his due process. I've been talking to his lawyer team here also in the United States. The ambassador for the first time acknowledged his case. And for the first time after we left that meeting, made an official request to the Salvadorian government for a welfare check on Mr. Romero.
And so that was the first time that we as a country have asked to see if he was even OK or alive. We're waiting for that response. We continue to follow up to get a response. But I'm hoping the U.S. ambassador keeps his word and gets his response on how he is doing. It is it is crazy to think that this young man is sent to this prison. We saw those pictures of him at Seacott crying.
And so that was the first time that we as a country have asked to see if he was even OK or alive. We're waiting for that response. We continue to follow up to get a response. But I'm hoping the U.S. ambassador keeps his word and gets his response on how he is doing. It is it is crazy to think that this young man is sent to this prison. We saw those pictures of him at Seacott crying.
He reportedly was crying out for his mom when actually he was being sent there. And so it's a horrific story as an immigrant, a gay person myself. It just it just makes me so upset and angry that we treat people this way. They are coming to the U.S. fleeing a horrific situation in their own country.
He reportedly was crying out for his mom when actually he was being sent there. And so it's a horrific story as an immigrant, a gay person myself. It just it just makes me so upset and angry that we treat people this way. They are coming to the U.S. fleeing a horrific situation in their own country.
I'm just seeing the same reports. It is sickening that children are being deported. U.S. citizens are being deported, which we know is illegal and which we know is also just inhumane. The idea that they are taking these children, there has been no due process.
I'm just seeing the same reports. It is sickening that children are being deported. U.S. citizens are being deported, which we know is illegal and which we know is also just inhumane. The idea that they are taking these children, there has been no due process.
From what I can see from the reports, essentially, these agents are trying to rush through the process, trying to get people, ship them out of this country. as fast as possible, giving them no real chance to go through the courts or through the process. And now we are deporting U.S. citizens, let alone children, to other countries, to Honduras, to other places.