Karoline Leavitt rebukes media ‘outrage’ over deported Salvadoran man: ‘Despicable

[Michie]

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday rebuked mainstream media “outrage” over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant sent to his home country’s Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison over an admitted “administrative error.”

Leavitt pushed back against descriptions of Garcia as “a Maryland father,” and contrasted the attention he has received with Rachel Morin, a Maryland mother who was killed in 2023 by an illegal immigrant in an unrelated case.

“It is despicable that many in the fake news media and the Democrat Party are more outraged over the deportation of an MS-13 illegal alien criminal than they are over the rape and murder of American women and children by illegal aliens who should have never been in our country in the first place,” Leavitt said during a press briefing.

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Karoline Leavitt rebukes media ‘outrage’ over deported Salvadoran man: ‘Despicable’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday rebuked mainstream media outrage over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant sent to his home country s Centro de

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[hedrick]

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday rebuked mainstream media “outrage” over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant sent to his home country’s Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison over an admitted “administrative error.”

Leavitt pushed back against descriptions of Garcia as “a Maryland father,” and contrasted the attention he has received with Rachel Morin, a Maryland mother who was killed in 2023 by an illegal immigrant in an unrelated case.

“It is despicable that many in the fake news media and the Democrat Party are more outraged over the deportation of an MS-13 illegal alien criminal than they are over the rape and murder of American women and children by illegal aliens who should have never been in our country in the first place,” Leavitt said during a press briefing.

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Karoline Leavitt rebukes media ‘outrage’ over deported Salvadoran man: ‘Despicable’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday rebuked mainstream media outrage over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant sent to his home country s Centro de

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To my knowledge, no one has proposed tolerating rape. That's a transparent attempt to avoid the issue.

The probloem here is that a court had looked at this case and ordered this person not to be deported. And once he was, the administration is ignoring an order by the Supreme Court to get him back. Are we still a democracy?

Does anyone really believe that if Trump asked El Salvador to give him back they wouldn't?

 

[Richard T]

To my knowledge, no one has proposed tolerating rape. That's a transparent attempt to avoid the issue.

The probloem here is that a court had looked at this case and ordered this person not to be deported. And once he was, the administration is ignoring an order by the Supreme Court to get him back. Are we still a democracy?

Does anyone really believe that if Trump asked El Salvador to give him back they wouldn't?

Defying the courts is a big matter especially when Trump said at one point he would follow the Supreme Court. I'm thinking that the media is not loud enough. It would not surprise me to see a nationwide strike or other types of protests coming our way soon. I would consider that the broken windows theory might apply. When there is serious disorder within government it will inspire others to also exhibit all sorts of behaviors because some will feel the system is broken. It also applies to people's trust in government. A great leader builds a consensus, a divider creates chaos.

 

[trophy33]

It is not her role to rebuke media. Free press is one of the pillars of democracy and represents public. It is their role to be critical of politicians and of their actions. Her public job position is to give (hopefully truthful and honest) answers to questions, nothing else.

 

[ozso]

This started out in 2019 as someone who was in the US illegally.

The claim made by the US government is Garcia is a member of the terrorist gang MS13.

The same claim has also been made by the government of El Salvador.

The attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia claim he has no ties to a gang.

However going back to 2019, a court order shielded Garcia from deportation on the grounds that he might be at risk of persecution from gangs in his home country.

Now why would Garcia be at risk from gangs if he had no gang affiliation? Some might argue that all deportees are at risk from gangs in El Salvador. But if that were the case, then why aren't most illegal aliens shielded as well? It seems clear based on the court protection order, that Garcia was indeed involved in gang activity.

And it certainly wouldn't have been the first time a court order created a loophole that let a criminal evade a sentence that should have been imposed.

On top of that there's the President of El Salvador making a statement from the Oval Office that he flat out refuses to send Garcia back to the US.

 

[ozso]

Does anyone really believe that if Trump asked El Salvador to give him back they wouldn't?

That's a matter of speculation. Whereas it is a matter of pure fact that the President of El Salvador officially refuses to send Garcia back. While in the White House Oval Office sitting next to the POTUS no less.

 

[JosephZ]

Now why would Garcia be at risk from gangs if he had no gang affiliation? Some might argue that all deportees are at risk from gangs in El Salvador. But if that were the case, then why aren't most illegal aliens shielded as well? It seems clear based on the court protection order, that Garcia was indeed involved in gang activity.

The Respondent is a 24-year old native of El Salvador. He was born in 1995 in Los Nogales neighborhood, San Salvador, El Salvador. The Respondent testified that he fears returning to his country because the Barrio 18 gang was targeting him and threatening him with death because of his family's pupusa business. The Respondent's mother, Cecilia, ran the business out of her home. Although the business had no formal storefront, everyone in the town knew to get their pupusas from "Pupuseria Cecilia." The Respondent's father, brother and two sisters all helped run the family business. The Respondent's job was to go to the grocery store to buy the supplies needed for the pupusas, and then he and his brother would do deliveries four days a week to the people in the town that ordered pupusas from Cecilia.

At some point, Barrio 18 realized the family was making money from their family business and they began extorting the Respondent's mother, Cecilia. They demanded a regular stipend of "rent" money from the business, beginning with a monthly payment and then requiring weekly payments. The gang threatened to harm the Respondent, his older brother Cesar, and the family in general if their demands were not met. Alternatively, they told Cecelia that if she could not pay the extortion money, she could turn Cesar over to them to become part of their gang. The Abrego family paid the money on a regular basis, whenever they could, and hid Cesar from the gang. On one occasion, the gang came to the family's home and threatened to kill Cesar if the family did not pay the rent. The family responded by sending Cesar to the U.S.

After Cesar left, the gang started recruiting the Respondent. They told Cecilia that she would not have to pay rent any more if she let him join the gang. The mother refused to let this happen. The gang then threatened to kill the Respondent. When the Respondent was around 12- years old, the gang came to the home again, telling Cecilia that they would take him because she wasn't paying money from the family's pupusa business. The Respondent's father prevented the gang from taking the Respondent that day by paying the gang all of the money that they wanted. During the days, the gang would watch the Respondent when he went back and forth to school. The members of the gangs all had many tattoos and always carried weapons.

Eventually, the family had enough and moved from Los Nogales to the 10th of October neighborhood. This town was about 10 minutes away, by car, from Los Nogales. Shortly after the family moved, members of Barrio 18 from Nogales went to the 10th of October and let their fellow gang members know that the family had moved to that neighborhood Barrio 18 members visited the house demanding the rent money from the pupusa business again. They went to the house twice threatening to rape and kill the Respondent's two sisters and threatening the Respondent. The Respondent's parents were so fearful that they kept the Respondent inside the home as much as possible. Finally, the family decided they had to close the pupusa business and move to another area, Los Andes, about a 15 minute drive from their last residence. Even at this new location, the family kept the Respondent indoors most of the time because of the threats on his life. After four months of living in fear, the Respondent's parents sent the Respondent to the U.S.

The evidence in this case indicates quite clearly that at least one central reason the Respondent was subject to past persecution was due to him being his mothers' son, essentially as a member of his nuclear family. That the Respondent is his mothers' son is the reason why he, and not another person, was threatened with death. He was threatened with death because he was Cecilia's son and the Barrio 18 gang targeted the Respondent to get at the mother and her earnings from the pupusa business.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.1.1_3.pdf

 

[ozso]

The Respondent is a 24-year old native of El Salvador. He was born in 1995 in Los Nogales neighborhood, San Salvador, El Salvador. The Respondent testified that he fears returning to his country because the Barrio 18 gang was targeting him and threatening him with death because of his family's pupusa business. The Respondent's mother, Cecilia, ran the business out of her home. Although the business had no formal storefront, everyone in the town knew to get their pupusas from "Pupuseria Cecilia." The Respondent's father, brother and two sisters all helped run the family business. The Respondent's job was to go to the grocery store to buy the supplies needed for the pupusas, and then he and his brother would do deliveries four days a week to the people in the town that ordered pupusas from Cecilia.

At some point, Barrio 18 realized the family was making money from their family business and they began extorting the Respondent's mother, Cecilia. They demanded a regular stipend of "rent" money from the business, beginning with a monthly payment and then requiring weekly payments. The gang threatened to harm the Respondent, his older brother Cesar, and the family in general if their demands were not met. Alternatively, they told Cecelia that if she could not pay the extortion money, she could turn Cesar over to them to become part of their gang. The Abrego family paid the money on a regular basis, whenever they could, and hid Cesar from the gang. On one occasion, the gang came to the family's home and threatened to kill Cesar if the family did not pay the rent. The family responded by sending Cesar to the U.S.

After Cesar left, the gang started recruiting the Respondent. They told Cecilia that she would not have to pay rent any more if she let him join the gang. The mother refused to let this happen. The gang then threatened to kill the Respondent. When the Respondent was around 12- years old, the gang came to the home again, telling Cecilia that they would take him because she wasn't paying money from the family's pupusa business. The Respondent's father prevented the gang from taking the Respondent that day by paying the gang all of the money that they wanted. During the days, the gang would watch the Respondent when he went back and forth to school. The members of the gangs all had many tattoos and always carried weapons.

Eventually, the family had enough and moved from Los Nogales to the 10th of October neighborhood. This town was about 10 minutes away, by car, from Los Nogales. Shortly after the family moved, members of Barrio 18 from Nogales went to the 10th of October and let their fellow gang members know that the family had moved to that neighborhood Barrio 18 members visited the house demanding the rent money from the pupusa business again. They went to the house twice threatening to rape and kill the Respondent's two sisters and threatening the Respondent. The Respondent's parents were so fearful that they kept the Respondent inside the home as much as possible. Finally, the family decided they had to close the pupusa business and move to another area, Los Andes, about a 15 minute drive from their last residence. Even at this new location, the family kept the Respondent indoors most of the time because of the threats on his life. After four months of living in fear, the Respondent's parents sent the Respondent to the U.S.

The evidence in this case indicates quite clearly that at least one central reason the Respondent was subject to past persecution was due to him being his mothers' son, essentially as a member of his nuclear family. That the Respondent is his mothers' son is the reason why he, and not another person, was threatened with death. He was threatened with death because he was Cecilia's son and the Barrio 18 gang targeted the Respondent to get at the mother and her earnings from the pupusa business.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.1.1_3.pdf

That leaves two possibilities. Either the United States government, the President and government of El Salvador, Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement etc are all lying, or the Garcias are lying.

 

[Jermayn]

To my knowledge, no one has proposed tolerating rape. That's a transparent attempt to avoid the issue.

The probloem here is that a court had looked at this case and ordered this person not to be deported. And once he was, the administration is ignoring an order by the Supreme Court to get him back. Are we still a democracy?

Does anyone really believe that if Trump asked El Salvador to give him back they wouldn't?

Why would we ask for him back if he was here illegally to begin with?

 

[hedrick]

Why would we ask for him back if he was here illegally to begin with?

Because a US court said he was justified to be here. I have no idea whether he is a gang member or not. But ICE is required to follow due process and obey court orders.

 

[dremnant]

This is a constitutional crisis. The judicial branch ordering the executive branch to break federal and international laws, just to satisfy "due process" that is not followed as a result of a "clerical error" in the deportation process.

It's like the court ordering to let a criminal who raped and murdered children go free, because the arresting officer forgot to recite the miranda rights.

 

[hedrick]

This is a constitutional crisis. The judicial branch ordering the executive branch to break federal and international laws, just to satisfy "due process" that is not followed as a result of a "clerical error" in the deportation process.

It's like the court ordering to let a criminal who raped and murdered children go free, because the arresting officer forgot to recite the miranda rights.

There was an actual court decison. No clerical error there. He was deported because ICE made an error. That is, ICE agrees that they shouldn't have deported him. The Supreme Court told the Administration to arrange to get him back. The Administratipn has refused. You're correct that it is a constitutional crisis for the President to refuse a court order by the Supreme Court.

 

[dremnant]

There was an actual court decison. No clerical error there. He was deported because ICE made an error. That is, ICE agrees that they shouldn't have deported him. The Supreme Court told the Administration to arrange to get him back. The Administratipn has refused. You're correct that it is a constitutional crisis for the President to refuse a court order by the Supreme Court.

That's basically what I said..."The judicial branch ordering the executive branch to break federal and international laws, just to satisfy "due process" that was not followed..."

You simply ignored the newly confirmed facts the criminal indeed is an MS13 member who illegally came to the US and committed more crimes while here in the US. The judicial branch is ignoring these facts for the sake of "due process". That's a lot of non-sense.

It is a constitutional crisis for the very reason the court's order involves breaking international laws by forcing a foreign country to release their own citizen who committed crimes both in his own country and outside their country. It would also break our own laws for rewarding foreign criminals with free residence in the US.

The judicial branch also doesn't have business telling the executive branch how to do its job. This would become a terrible precedent, because this is equivalent to the court ordering our military to abort a tactical operation at an enemy target just because the court thinks there could be an individual present in the area that's not given "due process".

 

[hedrick]

That's basically what I said..."The judicial branch ordering the executive branch to break federal and international laws, just to satisfy "due process" that was not followed..."

You simply ignored the newly confirmed facts the criminal indeed is an MS13 member who illegally came to the US and committed more crimes while here in the US. The judicial branch is ignoring these facts for the sake of "due process". That's a lot of non-sense.

It is a constitutional crisis for the very reason the court's order involves breaking international laws by forcing a foreign country to release their own citizen who committed crimes both in his own country and outside their country. It would also break our own laws for rewarding foreign criminals with free residence in the US.

The judicial branch also doesn't have business telling the executive branch how to do its job. This would become a terrible precedent, because this is equivalent to the court ordering our military to abort a tactical operation at an enemy target just because the court thinks there could be an individual present in the area that's not given "due process".

Due process is the only thing that prevents the next Democratic government from sending you to El Salvador. It is the basis for all of our freedoms. Laws aren’t enough. Due process is what makes sure the government follows them.

The US is paying El Salvador to take our deportees. There is a reasonable expectation that if Trump simply asked, they would send him back.

If this is not the case, we have no business paying them

You very rarely see a unsnimous Sypreme. Court verdict. This one was.

 

[dremnant]

Due process is the only thing that prevents the next Democratic government from sending you to El Salvador. It is the basis for all of our freedoms. Laws aren’t enough. Due process is what makes sure the government follows them.

The US is paying El Salvador to take our deportees. There is a reasonable expectation that if Trump simply asked, they would send him back.

If this is not the case, we have no business paying them

You very rarely see a unsnimous Sypreme. Court verdict. This one was.

Do you honestly believe what you say here or you simply hate the current president?

Did you feel the same way when the J6 prisoners were accused of insurrection while all the evidence proving their innocence were intentionally hid by the J6 commitee from their defense lawyers and the public?

 

[ozso]

 

[JosephZ]

That video is filled with so much disinformation. To show just how ridiculous Jesse Watters is, this is what he said starting at around the 7:00 mark:

[In 2019] a democrat judge held him, denied him bond because they said he was a flight risk and a danger to the community and ruled that he was deportable. While he was in jail he married the women he had gotten pregnant and then appealed for asylum. On appeal another democrat judge upheld that he was a verified member of MS-13, but since a lawyer argued that his life was in danger from a rival gang if he was deported to El Salvador, the judge said he could be deported anywhere in the world except El Salvador, then released him. But Biden failed to deport him. Which is too bad for for Garcia's wife because of what happened next. Garcia's wife in 2020 accused him of domestic violence and a temporary restraining order was issued.

For those who may not be aware, Trump was president during that time. President Biden's term began on January 20, 2021.

If Garcia was a "verified member of MS-13" and a danger to the community, why was he allowed to be released into that community by Judge David Jones, a conservative and former military judge appointed by the Trump administration? Why didn't the Trump administration appeal the Judge's decision? Why did Trump fail to deport him?

 

[dremnant]

Why did Trump fail to deport him?

You forgot the Democrats made Trump busy trying to defend himself from the Russia Russia witchhunt?

 

[ozso]

That video is filled with so much disinformation. To show just how ridiculous Jesse Watters is, this is what he said starting at around the 7:00 mark:

[In 2019] a democrat judge held him, denied him bond because they said he was a flight risk and a danger to the community and ruled that he was deportable. While he was in jail he married the women he had gotten pregnant and then appealed for asylum. On appeal another democrat judge upheld that he was a verified member of MS-13, but since a lawyer argued that his life was in danger from a rival gang if he was deported to El Salvador, the judge said he could be deported anywhere in the world except El Salvador, then released him. But Biden failed to deport him. Which is too bad for for Garcia's wife because of what happened next. Garcia's wife in 2020 accused him of domestic violence and a temporary restraining order was issued.

For those who may not be aware, Trump was president during that time. President Biden's term began on January 20, 2021.

If Garcia was a "verified member of MS-13" and a danger to the community, why was he allowed to be released into that community by Judge David Jones, a conservative and former military judge appointed by the Trump administration? Why didn't the Trump administration appeal the Judge's decision? Why did Trump fail to deport him?

People who are a danger to the community get released all the time. You often here about a murderer who had a string of previous convictions for acts of violence. Trump didn't know about him then because the left hadn't made him into an anti-deportation poster child at the time.

 

[JosephZ]

People who are a danger to the community get released all the time. You often here about a murderer who had a string of previous convictions for acts of violence. Trump didn't know about him then because the left hadn't made him into an anti-deportation poster child at the time.

The ICE attorneys that were present in the courtroom would have appealed the decision if they thought that Garcia was a member of MS 13 or that he was a danger to the community. They had 30 days to do that, but they didn't.