• mr_manager@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    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.

    • FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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      2 days 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