It is the fact that we will not know these Venezuelans names or stories beyond the president and his wife who were kidnapped.

That they are talked about as pawns in a global story by us all.

Now I have to find a clinic or pro bono lawyer to take the case because filling out the long and complicated form is no longer sufficient. The bureaucratic killing of people has long been part of this country but this moment is really taking it to new heights.

They focus so much on the "cause" in the same way they do on trans youth. That if there's some cause they can identify, they can eliminate that population by preventing it. It's eugenics disguised as concern trolling.

It's what they did with trans youth. They centered the perspectives of certain doctors and parents rather than the youth at issue themselves. Then they do the "just asking questions" bit that launders terrible dehumanizing rhetoric and undermines their dignity and rights.