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minus-squaremr_manager@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoOptics discussion aside, I think it cost like $800k to transport them via C130. There’s no reason to use this method other than to grandstand. They’ve sent thousands of folks back to Colombia via commercial and chartered flights.
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month ago+1 convincing argument Even IF it were a legitimate way to treat people who’d broken the law, it’s an unnecessarily expensive way of doing it
Optics discussion aside, I think it cost like $800k to transport them via C130. There’s no reason to use this method other than to grandstand. They’ve sent thousands of folks back to Colombia via commercial and chartered flights.
+1 convincing argument
Even IF it were a legitimate way to treat people who’d broken the law, it’s an unnecessarily expensive way of doing it