This battle over Abrego Garcia is simple. It doesn't matter that he was here illegally. It doesn't matter if he's a gang member or if he's a wife beater (both of which are disputed). It doesn't matter if you think he deserves to be deported or to be in prison. / thread
It doesn't matter if you think the county is overrun with immigrants who entered illegally. It doesn't matter if the system is burdened with processing these immigration hearings. Only one thing matters here, and all the rest is a distraction:
There was standing court order preventing his deportation, and he was arrested and deported anyway. Even if you think that court order was unwise, flawed, or based on politically motivated reasoning, it was a legal court order. It was never challenged. It was merely violated.
According to SCOTUS: "The United States Government arrested Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in Maryland and flew him to a 'terrorism confinement center' in El Salvador, where he has been detained for 26 days and counting...
...To this day, the Government has cited no basis in law for Abrego Garcia’s warrantless arrest, his removal to El Salvador, or his confinement in a Salvadoran prison. Nor could it. The Government remains bound by an Immigration Judge’s 2019 order...
...expressly prohibiting Abrego Garcia’s removal to El Salvador because he faced a 'clear probability of future persecution' there and 'demonstrated that [El Salvador’s] authorities were and would be unable or unwilling to protect him.'...
"...The Government has not challenged the validity of that order."
That's all that matters. Either court orders like this have force or they don't. This administation is arguring that they can defy such orders whenever they feel like it. That sets a dangerous precedent.
That's all that matters. Either court orders like this have force or they don't. This administation is arguring that they can defy such orders whenever they feel like it. That sets a dangerous precedent.
Not just for this administration, but for the next. If you're a Trump supporter or Republican, do you really want the next Democratic adminstration to defy court orders whenever they feel like it?
This isn't a partisan issue. It's about whether the courts have legitimacy and whether the executive branch can ignore them with impugnity. I know where I stand. Do you?
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