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!]

[durangodawood]

.....President Bukele classifies it as smuggling.

I was going to say hes an idiot if he thinks anyone buys that designation.

But having Trump next to him probably give him credence with some people.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

I have a better reply to that. Trump and the President of El Salvador did meet. And President Bukele refuses to release Garcia because he considers him to be a terrorist.

I don’t care what the Salvadoran dictator running a for-profit prison has to say about anything. I find him even less credible in all this than Trump.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I was going to say hes an idiot if he thinks anyone buys that designation.

But having Trump next to him probably give him credence with some people.

Anyone with a solid gold toilet has to be smart.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I don’t care what the Salvadoran dictator running a for-profit prison has to say about anything.

It's been called a resort by some.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

It seems you fell for the performance at the White House yesterday.

Performance? I admire your optimism and wishful thinking.

 

[durangodawood]

Anyone with a solid gold toilet has to be smart.

No way is it solid gold. Its a veneer, like all of the mans cheesy lifestyle products and ventures.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

The President of El Salvador seems to disagree:

When asked during his meeting with President Trump if El Salvador would return Abrego Garcia to the United States, President Bukele answered: "Are you suggesting I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? How can I return him to the United States, like I smuggle him into the United States? Of course, I'm not going to do it."[18]

Why should we want Garcia back in the US, when the President of El Salvador himself considers the man to be a terrorist?

What is this guy, stupid or something? Or does he just think every American is as ignorant as the people of his country?

If it wasn’t smuggling to get him there how can it be smuggling to bring him back? This dude is trying to play dumb and either you’re playing along or just falling for it yourself.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

No way is it solid gold. Its a veneer, like all of the mans cheesy lifestyle products and ventures.

I will not let you slander my Commander in Cheif! It's solid gold! Just like my solid gold plated .999 fine silver Trump Coin.

Honestly, that's the exact marketing.
Genuine sold gold plate on a .999 fine silver coin. An excellent way way to invest in the future.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

The man is a citizen of El Salvador and a criminal. The El Salvadorian president can do as he wishes with his own citizens.

If he had never come to the United States, you might have a point. He was deprived of due process here, not in El Salvador. This needs to be corrected here, not in El Salvador.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

If he had never come to the United States, you might have a point. He was deprived of due process here, not in El Salvador. This needs to be corrected here, not in El Salvador.

People are saying he's planning a riot or escape.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Conspire: make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act. (of events or circumstances) seem to be working together to bring about a particular result, typically to someone's detriment.

That's what you're saying is taking place.

There’s no secret plan here. He openly offered to house American prisoners at a profit to his country. Trump has also talked about having interest in using a foreign prison to house American citizens.

 

[wing2000]

Bukele was very clear that he isn't releasing Garcia. It sounds more like wishful thinking.

Of course, he's following Trump's wishes. That's quite obvious.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

If he had never come to the United States, you might have a point. He was deprived of due process here, not in El Salvador. This needs to be corrected here, not in El Salvador.

How can anyone say Garcia received no due process while simultaneously claiming that a court found no evidence he was a gang member?

 

[ozso]

What is this guy, stupid or something? Or does he just think every American is as ignorant as the people of his country?

If it wasn’t smuggling to get him there how can it be smuggling to bring him back? This dude is trying to play dumb and either you’re playing along or just falling for it yourself.

Since you're saying El Salvadorians are ignorant and stupid, I've lost all interest in anything else you have to say.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Bukele was very clear that he isn't releasing Garcia.

Since when does the US take orders from El Salvador?

And you all expect Trump to stand up to China?

 

[ozso]

I was going to say hes an idiot if he thinks anyone buys that designation.

But having Trump next to him probably give him credence with some people.

Wooosh. It's an obvious play on words referring to aliens being smuggled into the US.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Since you're saying El Salvadorians are ignorant and stupid, I've lost all interest in anything else you have to say.

Oh I’ve been way ahead of you.

 

[durangodawood]

Wooosh. It's an obvious play on words referring to aliens being smuggled into the US.

How was that a play on words?

 

[wing2000]

How can anyone say Garcia received no due process while simultaneously claiming that a court found no evidence he was a gang member?

USSC:

"On March 15, 2025, the United States removed Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from the United States to El Salvador, where he is currently detained in the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT). The United States acknowledges that Abrego Garcia was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal. The United States represents that the removal to El Salvador was the result of an “administrative error.”

...The order properly requires the Government to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador."

Statement of SOTOMAYOR, J.
"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.”

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a949_lkhn.pdf

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Oh I’ve been way ahead of you.

It's funny, they are pillars of society when they are down there, in the states they are something else.