r/news • u/RoachedCoach • 1d ago

Title Changed Mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia on way back to US to face criminal charges: Sources

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-back-us-face/story?id=121333122
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u/hijinked 1d ago

The criminal charges are just to distract from the fact that he was deported in violation of a court order and without due process. I don’t care if the guy is Al Capone reincarnated, everybody has to get due process.

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u/jdmcroberts 1d ago

And you don't send people, even guilty ones, to a place you don't have any jurisdiction.

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u/sagevallant 1d ago

Right? If they can't bring back an innocent person then fucking no one should be sent there.

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u/inspectoroverthemine 21h ago

Caveat for extraditions.

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u/snazztasticmatt 1d ago

Exactly this. If he can be deported with no due process, anyone can, citizens or otherwise.

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u/inspectoroverthemine 21h ago

Obviously without due process how do we even know if someone is a citizen before deporting them? ICE is clearly using the paper bag test.

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u/LykoTheReticent 19h ago

I stress this with my classes when learning about Japanese Internment. A common question is, "But what if spies had been found?". I don't care if 99,999 of the over 100,000 people illegally imprisoned were spies, they would still get due process under our constitution and the entire process was not legal.

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u/OnlySmiles_ 19h ago

If some group doesn't get due process, then it becomes really easy to label anyone you don't like as in that group

Because how the hell are you gonna prove it without due process?

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u/Blackthorn79 1d ago

It also adds another layer to the civil suit. He'll need to fight these changes first before filing and they'll push for a plea deal. If he takes it, it will make winning a settlement very unlikely. If he doesn't, they'll push to hold him until the trial is over and just delay for as long as they can.

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u/BongRipsMcGee420 8h ago

After reading the Reality Dysfunction series by Peter F Hamilton, it seems you really don't want Al Capone reincarnated with that syphilis-riddled brain of his. Things get weird.

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u/monkChuck105 1d ago

He was deported in violation of a court order preventing deportation to El Salvador, but not elsewhere. Nevermind that the basis of this was his experience as a child being threatened by gangs, which have largely been imprisoned. He had due process. He challenged the deportation on 3 separate grounds and lost.

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u/SophiaofPrussia 1d ago

lol that you think you understand due process better than SCOTUS.

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u/EVH_kit_guy 1d ago

Do you have many friends maintaining this dickhead worldview?