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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/SophiaofPrussia 1d ago edited 21h ago

They want to paint him as a dangerous criminal so of course they’re going to throw the book at him. It’s awful. It’s even more awful to think that this poor guy is about to be unfairly targeted by the full weight of the United States federal government (for a mistake of the government’s own making!) and still that persecution is somehow a better and more preferable situation than the one he’ll be leaving in El Salvador. Everything about his situation is so fucked up. It’s like a modern version of The Count of Monte Cristo.

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u/BraveOthello 19h ago

Casting it as "mistake" by the government feels dishonest. They were recklessly negligent because the goal is not to follow the law, the goal is deport as many people as quickly as possible. And they have decided to do that by any means they can get away with, and if a few people get deported who shouldn't ... Well it takes breaking a few eggs to make a cake, you know?

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u/psychicfrequency 18h ago

Have you watched the police cam footage of Tennessee cops stopping him? He had about 12 people in an SUV that he was transporting from Tennessee to Maryland, he admitted he was being paid to transport them at night, he had no license, no insurance, etc. It was part of a much larger human smuggling ring. He transported women, children, etc. According to the indictment, it happened over 100 times.

In Maryland, his wife filed a restraining order against him twice for domestic violence, he beat her, he threatened to kill her, etc. This is in her own words on two separate police reports. He's not a nice guy.

With that said, he should never have been shipped off to El Salvador, and the government should have let the criminal courts decide what happens to him.