News Summary

• Trump has embraced a policy of indefinite offshore detention, sending migrants to El Salvador and Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay.
• He, too, has sanctioned the construction of inhumane holding centers with torturous conditions in sweltering locations.
• But there is one clear difference.
• For all the cruelty and suffering inherent in the Australian system, successive governments of varying political stripes have generally sought to shield Australian citizens from its harsh reality, barring most media and criminalizing whistleblowers.
• Here, it's no longer just about deterrence for a select foreign audience, as the Australians have long insisted; it's now also about entertainment for a domestic one.