El Salvador is one of the world’s safest countries, according to one part of the U.S. government (State Department, which says it is safer than France or Sweden). The murder rate is less than 1/30th what Americans risk in what we’re told are our greatest cities. El Salvador is also one of the most dangerous countries on Earth, according to a different part. In fact, it is too dangerous for anyone to live in and that’s why any Salvadoran here in the U.S. is immune from deportation (“Temporary Protected Status” that is permanently extended).
I’m wondering if the El Salvador government should operate tours at its Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT). This should appeal equally to Democrats and Republicans. To Democrats, the tour can be marketed as “Visit the folks who formerly embodied all that is best about the United States” (extra $5,000 fee to drink margaritas with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the most precious and important human ever to reside in Maryland). For Republicans, it can be marketed as a Fantasy Law & Order experience with an extra $5,000 fee to attend a morning briefing with CECOT guards, do physical training, and then practice on the rifle and pistol ranges.
What else is there to do? TripAdvisor:
Just finished the Edge of Darkness episode where Jedburgh returned from El Salvador after his buddy got killed. Not brave enough to try the Mel Gibson remake. Can’t wait for Greenspun’s EL Salvador travelblog.
Should El Salvador sell tours at CECOT prison? Yes!
Phillip:
Your sarcasm (I think) is well-noted. But maybe you need to become more sensitive to this entire subject of dealing with all the folks who embodied what is best about the USA. [My sarcasm.]
For example, Harvard University’s Immigration Initiative web site (https://immigrationinitiative.harvard.edu/briefs/#educator-briefs). Here, our sensitivities will be enhanced by: (1) Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Undocumented Students & Those in Mixed- Status Families in Higher Education; and (2) Understanding and Supporting Undocumented Students in Schools.
Or better yet, Harvard’s faculty make the case that immigration is entirely a “moral problem” that should be considered in terms of “global justice” and that therefore “illegal immigrants should be naturalized and more widespread immigration should be permitted.” See, Harvard Kennedy School: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/morality-immigration.