The Absurd GOP

[Rev. Rye]

Also, apparently, these migrants were told they’d be given jobs and immigration papers if they went on the planes. This looks like a fairly textbook example of human trafficking, except that, from what I’ve been able to find, human trafficking seems to require some sort of benefit for the trafficker, like forced labor or sex exploitation. This case, it seems they’re looking for nothing but lulz at the prospect of Democratic leaders calling bullshit on their antics. It’d be like the Pleasure Island coachman from Pinocchio convincing all those boys to go to Pleasure Island and then, instead of bringing them there, turning them into donkeys and selling them, just dropping them off in the middle of nowhere to prove some bullshit point.

Or, on further reflection, more like the Mariel Boatlift. Specifically, an oversimplified version of the version seen in Scarface (which was, itself, a bit oversimplified.)





Is there a name for this particular type of human trafficking, their kind where they just abandon the people in question and not exploit them?