Nigel Farage has said violent UK offenders could be jailed overseas under his plans to cut crime by half.
The Reform UK leader named El Salvador as a likely destination, though he said he has not held conversations with officials there and “multiple” partners would be considered.
El Salvador is home to a notorious mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).
Why are all these far right dickheads - who normally decry the very concept of sending “our” money to “foreigners” - so horny to send millions to foreign countries when it suits them? I know why, I wonder what their supporters would think if you phrased it like that though
Wait… Mexico is not paying for it?
This isn’t unique to the far right. UK Labour has been on the anti-immigration warpath since their election, having fully swallowed the “Brexit” pill and embraced xenophobia as a popular election strategy.
As the domestic economy contracts at the proletariat level, capital needs to displace blame for its own failures onto marginalized and politically powerless groups. Migrants - particularly undocumented migrants - are easy targets. Farrage is repeating the “Send them to El Salvador” line because its the high water mark for American reactionaries. But he’s just in a game of one-upsmanship with Keir Starmer, who will likely come back with a “That’s too expensive, we can dispose of migrants more cheaply” rebuttal.
Labour are also doing their best far-right impression so it isn’t a surprise that they’d be aping the idea anyway