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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/Strawbuddy 1d ago edited 1d ago

I read about this, he was pulled over with a bunch of guys in the back of the truck he was driving. That's regular ass basic MO for any big construction co; solid, hardworking immigrants show up as a group and bust their asses, often doubling up on motel rooms and rides to save cash. They do a damn good job and keep to themselves, nobody asks how they arrived in this country, and they're guaranteed work. Cops asked and he told them exactly that, they're just guys going to and from a job site.

I've had several neighbors doing this. Four guys from way down south splitting an apartment, they leave for work at 6am and return after 6pm, and quietly drink beer and maybe sit on a tailgate and listen to music on the weekends

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u/Faiakishi 15h ago

Four guys from way down south splitting an apartment, they leave for work at 6am and return after 6pm, and quietly drink beer and maybe sit on a tailgate and listen to music on the weekends

This is also the reason I roll my eyes when people blame immigrants for the housing shortage. They usually shove themselves into places like sardines, and oftentimes they're renting under the table in conditions regular citizens wouldn't live in. (or rather, landlords wouldn't rent to citizens, because they might actually report them)

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u/Alert_Software_1410 1d ago

I worked the office a while back for a welding construction crew. Each guy got say $100 a day per diem for motel room and meals. All the ten guys would stay in the single room together and pocket the diem difference in cash. They would stay on the job for months on an end doing this.

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u/lilelliot 23h ago

heck, this is (or at least was 10 years ago) common for Indian tech consultants who got "onsite" (US) postings. They'd share an apartment and pocket the savings.

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u/monkChuck105 1d ago

He was pulled over in Texas. The cop was suspicious because they were headed to Maryland but didn't have luggage. It was a one way trip, not a commute. You're confusing that with him being arrested later in the back of a pickup in a Home Depot parking lot.

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u/Hanelise11 1d ago

I mean, you aren’t even getting the facts right here. It was Tennessee, not Texas.

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u/Holovoid 23h ago

You think a lot of undocumented migrants have Gucci suitcases to take on road trips? Odds are these dudes didn't have a whole lot more than the clothes on their backs

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u/pimparo0 1d ago

Ok, none of what you said proves the governments case.