Trump admin. concedes Maryland man from El Salvador was mistakenly deported/sent to mega prison - shrugs 'nothing can be done' [ETA: oh but it can!]

[Aryeh Jay]

States don't have the right to obstruct federal criminal investigations.

Unless they involve guns and a Democratic Administration...

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Unless they involve guns and a Democratic Administration...

I have no clue as to what you are talking about?

 

[BCP1928]

States don't have the right to obstruct federal criminal investigations.

Are state officials required to determine the immigration status of those they arrest or otherwise interact with? Is declining to do so "obstructing a federal criminal investigation?" If local LEOs determine that an individual is illegal are they required to do any more about it than inform ICE? If they have no other reason to hold the individual should they be required to do so anyway at their own trouble and expense until ICE gets around to picking them up (which sometimes has taken months)? That's what sanctuary cities are about.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Are state officials required to determine the immigration status of those they arrest or otherwise interact with? Is declining to do so "obstructing a federal criminal investigation?" If local LEOs determine that an individual is illegal are they required to do any more about it than inform ICE? If they have no other reason to hold the individual should they be required to do so anyway at their own trouble and expense until ICE gets around to picking them up (which sometimes has taken months)? That's what sanctuary cities are about.

Local LEO does not arrest people because of their illegal immigration status, they arrest illegal immigrants because they had committed a crime. They are not to my knowledge required to inform ICE if it is discovered that the individual is illegal, but they are required to cooperate with ICE by providing all information they are requesting as part of their criminal investigation.

Getting back on topic. I believe that the only "administrative mistake" that occurred in this situation was the fact that this guy was not deported in 2019. Makes me wonder why. If it was done then, nobody would have batted an eye. But because Trump is president, now everyone looses their minds, to include some liberal activist judge.

 

[BCP1928]

Local LEO does not arrest people because of their illegal immigration status, they arrest illegal immigrants because they had committed a crime. They are not to my knowledge required to inform ICE if it is discovered that the individual is illegal, but they are required to cooperate with ICE by providing all information they are requesting as part of their criminal investigation.

Getting back on topic. I believe that the only "administrative mistake" that occurred in this situation was the fact that this guy was not deported in 2019. Makes me wonder why. If it was done then, nobody would have batted an eye. But because Trump is president, now everyone looses their minds, to include some liberal activist judge.

Because the judge deemed it likely that the man would be murdered of he returned to El Salvador.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I have no clue as to what you are talking about?

An example, the Republican state of Arkansas refused to enforce or allow any enforcement or investigations of firearms laws passed after January 2021 when Biden stole the presidency from the lawful winner.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Because the judge deemed it likely that the man would be murdered of he returned to El Salvador.

Why would he be murdered? Perhaps because he is a MS13 gang member? What makes this one man any more special than another of the thousands of gang members who were deported?

 

[Oompa Loompa]

An example, the Republican state of Arkansas refused to enforce or allow any enforcement or investigations of firearms laws passed after January 2021 when Biden stole the presidency from the lawful winner.

Source?

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Source?

I realize I am the only person on the planet that has internet access but my phone will not allow me to post a link.
I found it by searching Asa Hutchinson arkansas gun bill January 2021.

 

[Belk]

Why would he be murdered? Perhaps because he is a MS13 gang member? What makes this one man any more special than another of the thousands of gang members who were deported?

Source?

 

[Oompa Loompa]

I realize I am the only person on the planet that has internet access but my phone will not allow me to post a link.
I found it by searching Asa Hutchinson arkansas gun bill January 2021.

Looked it up. It was legislation that would prohibit LEO from ENFORCING FEDERAL GUN LAWS, not to prevent federal law enforcement from enforcing federal gun laws or obstructing federal gun crime investigations. You are comparing apples to oranges. Now, back to immigration, only the federal government has the authority to enforce immigration law. We saw that play out when Obama challenged the Arizona in the Supreme Court. So although local LEO cannot be forced to enforce immigration law (because SCOTUS ruled they cant), they cannot obstruct or prevent federal agents from entering their state for the purpose of enforcing immigration laws, as the Mayor's of sanctuary cities are finding out the hard way.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

I have already provided it, but here you go again. Here are two court documents. One link and one file.

Garcia Bond Denial

www.documentcloud.org

 

[essentialsaltes]

The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says​

In 2019, a U.S. immigration judge granted him protection from deportation to El Salvador because he was likely to face gang persecution.

 

[FreeinChrist]

I find it interesting that those most outraged about this situation were also defending the Biden Admistration allowing countless criminals and terrorists to slip through the cracks and into the country. Will all the people who were rapidly deported, only one was deported wrongly. Compared to the alternative with allows numerous innocent deaths at the hands of drug cartels and gang members, this is a better option in my opinion.

Why would he be murdered? Perhaps because he is a MS13 gang member? What makes this one man any more special than another of the thousands of gang members who were deported?

NO. Refusal to join a gang can cause them to murder you.
Why do you just assume the worst?

A Maryland judge odered that he be returned to the US.

Judge orders US to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador prison

A federal judge said the Trump administration acted illegally when it deported a Maryland man in error to El Salvador, and ordered he be returned.

www.usatoday.com

Abrego Garcia, who had fled El Salvador as a teenager to escape gang violence, was pulled over by federal immigration agents near his home in Beltsville, Maryland, on March 12 and arrested. Three days later, he was expelled and sent back to El Salvador even though he had won a court order six years earlier barring his removal.......​

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In court filings, he said he had come to the United States because the Barrio 18 gang, which is rivals with MS-13, was extorting and threatening him and his family for their pupusa business in their San Salvador neighborhood and pressuring him to join the gang.​

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People fled El Salvador and Guatemala because they did not want their children to be forced to join a gang or be prostituted. Instead, they wanted their children to get an education and have a non-violent life.
There was also a bad drought in Guatemala that ended many a family farm.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says​

In 2019, a U.S. immigration judge granted him protection from deportation to El Salvador because he was likely to face gang persecution.

In response, [White House Press Sec] Leavitt slammed the ruling and denied the judge had any legal basis for issuing it.

“We are unaware of the judge having jurisdiction or authority over the country of El Salvador,” Leavitt said in a statement.

White House adviser Stephen Miller mocked [Judge] Xinis on X, stating that she “thinks she’s the president of El Salvador.”

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Those who said Trump would bring back deportees if it was found their deportation was illegal... are you sticking with that story?

 

[loveofourlord]

In response, [White House Press Sec] Leavitt slammed the ruling and denied the judge had any legal basis for issuing it.

“We are unaware of the judge having jurisdiction or authority over the country of El Salvador,” Leavitt said in a statement.

White House adviser Stephen Miller mocked [Judge] Xinis on X, stating that she “thinks she’s the president of El Salvador.”

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Those who said Trump would bring back deportees if it was found their deportation was illegal... are you sticking with that story?

that just seems extra cruel, you made a horrible mstake fix it, I wonder if my joke is real that they spent the money

 

[essentialsaltes]

Justice Department suspends lawyer who criticized Trump administration for stonewalling in deportation case​

During Friday's hearing in a Greenbelt, Maryland, federal court, Reuveni expressed exasperation with the unwillingness of the Trump administration ‒ his client ‒ to respond to some of his inquiries and told the judge he had questioned why the government could not bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S.

"My answer to a lot of these questions is going to be frustrating, and I am frustrated,” Reuveni said. "The government made a choice here to produce no evidence.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed in a statement the suspension of Erez Reuveni, who represented the government Friday when a federal judge ruled the Trump administration acted illegally by mistakenly deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States. Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences," Bondi said.

[In the hearing, Judge] Xinis also questioned the government's claim that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13.

“In a court of law, when someone is accused in such a violent and predatory organization, it comes in the form of an indictment, complaint, a criminal proceeding that has then a robust process so that we can assess the facts," she said. "I haven’t heard that from the government."

 

[DaisyDay]

I have already provided it, but here you go again. Here are two court documents. One link and one file.

Garcia Bond Denial

www.documentcloud.org

Robert L. Cerna should be prosecuted for perjury.

The government lawyer representing the administration in this case, Erez Reuveni Esq., has been removed and placed on paid administrative leave for not defending the government's interest vigorously enough.

Justice Department prosecutor who admitted in court Maryland man's deportation to El Salvador was a mistake put on leave

DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni made multiple critical comments of his agency in court during a hearing over the mistaken deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador.

www.cbsnews.com

During a federal hearing Friday in Greenbelt, Maryland, in which U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned to the U.S. by April 7, Justice Department attorney Erez Reuveni frequently failed to answer Xinis' questions, and made multiple critical comments of his agency in court, saying he wasn't given sufficient information by the Justice Department for some of Friday's arguments.

"The facts are conceded, plaintiff Abrego Garcia should not have been removed," Reuveni said during the hearing.

"There is no warrant for his arrest. There is no statement of probable cause," Judge Paula Xinis stated. "What is the actual document that got this process started?"

Reuveni responded, "I do not have that order. It is not in the record."


When further questioned about why the government is not able to return Abrego Garcia, Reuveni said he "asked the government the same question," and did not receive an answer.​

 

[BCP1928]

Justice Department suspends lawyer who criticized Trump administration for stonewalling in deportation case​

During Friday's hearing in a Greenbelt, Maryland, federal court, Reuveni expressed exasperation with the unwillingness of the Trump administration ‒ his client ‒ to respond to some of his inquiries and told the judge he had questioned why the government could not bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S.

"My answer to a lot of these questions is going to be frustrating, and I am frustrated,” Reuveni said. "The government made a choice here to produce no evidence.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed in a statement the suspension of Erez Reuveni, who represented the government Friday when a federal judge ruled the Trump administration acted illegally by mistakenly deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States. Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences," Bondi said.

She has been clearer in other instances, invoking the "Trump agenda" rather than the United States.

[In the hearing, Judge] Xinis also questioned the government's claim that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13.

“In a court of law, when someone is accused in such a violent and predatory organization, it comes in the form of an indictment, complaint, a criminal proceeding that has then a robust process so that we can assess the facts," she said. "I haven’t heard that from the government."

 

[essentialsaltes]

Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was ‘wholly lawless’​

“[The gummint] do indeed cling to the stunning proposition that they can forcibly remove any person — migrant and U.S. citizen alike —to prisons outside the United States, and then baldly assert they have no way to effectuate return because they are no longer the ‘custodian,’ and the Court thus lacks jurisdiction,” Xinis wrote.