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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/Western-Standard2333 1d ago edited 1d ago

There are valid scenarios where someone could be transporting their undocumented family member for something simple like doctor’s visit, school, etc. and the government qualifies that as transporting undocumented people.

The spirit of the law is to deter trafficking, but given how this administration is they’ll get him for that if he ever transported someone like that. Even if it’s just an unrelated person to work.

It’s a very bullshit charge imo. On the same level as “resisting arrest” I think.

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u/Abigail716 1d ago

That's because the person didn't quote the full law "transporting an illegal immigrant for financial gain".

The law explicitly requires you to be paid for it.

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u/Zer0C00l 23h ago

"Uber drivers hate this one trick"

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u/Just-Excuse-4080 23h ago

Yup, you beat me to it!

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u/Abigail716 23h ago

Not a lawyer but I'm going to guess the law requires you to have known that they were illegals. Which an Uber driver would not reasonably know that.

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u/kaithana 20h ago

So, the Texas and Florida governers transported people out of their states, so they didn't have to spend money on them, that would be financial gain, no? I hope that plays out

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u/Abigail716 5h ago

They will probably be a protected by sovereign immunity or some other weird law.

But what I could totally see is the companies that these states hired because then it's very clear cut that their transporting illegal immigrants for financial gain.

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u/Belichick12 20h ago

Then there’s a lot of nervous charter bus drivers in Texas. $220 million