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The initial court found probable cause to think he was one - that cause was that an informant put him in a NY gang even though he never lived there. He was not charged with gang membership, but with "...[being] present in the United States without being admitted or paroled, or who arrives in the United States at any time or place other than as designated by the Attorney General, is inadmissible.” Him being a gang member was based solely on his hat, his hoodie and hearsay that was proven to be untrue (he never lived in NY).The found he was a fang member.
Abrego Garcia appealed the deportation order which was originally denied; he was given a protection order not to be deported to El Salvador. ICE claimed that he was a gang member which he denied.
The allegation appears to stem from two documents that were introduced before Judge Kessler: a federal I-213 form (Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien), filled out by ICE, and a form generated by the Prince George’s Police Department, called a Gang Field Interview Sheet (GFIS). The latter had been entered into the Prince George’s Police Department database at 6:47 p.m. on March 28, 2019—about four hours after police met Abrego Garcia for the first time—according to Abrego Garcia’s recent complaint.
Not at all. Even the initial arrest in 2019 was not based on that, but loitering and/or some murder that was never mentioned again (the form I-213 contradicted itself). Based on the information given, Judge Kessler determined that he was a gang member, but one that credibly feared that gang. The problem with this is that the I-213 Form was based on the GFIS - two supposedly separate pieces of paper based on the exact same source who Garcia was not given the opportunity to question which is pertinent as the information that he lived in NY was wrong.The entire stop and case was based upon MS13.
He appealed Kessler's decision and applied for asylum. In October 2019, Judge Jones granted a withholding of removal [to El Salvador] but denied his application for asylum and withholding for removal for fear of torture. Judge Jones' order was final as the government did not appeal. Garcia went back to jail but was then released in 2019.
He married his girlfriend, the mother of his child, now five; they are raising her two other, also special needs, together. He has a job as an apprentice sheet metal worker (member of the union). He has also enrolled in
The new arrest in 2025 was based upon Tren de Aragua. He was rounded up with Venezuelans.
When was that claimed exactly? What was the evidence? This is important. There was never a criminal claim against him.So he was found to be a member of MS13 because that was the claim.
The bail hearing court, the first one. What about the subsequent one on appeal in October 2019?The claim wasn't he was a member of some unknown generic gang. The evidence was he was a gang member with MS13. And the court found that he was. Period.
As for the charges in 2025, the initial claim was that he was a member of Tren de Aragua. This is important because that is who the proclamation declaring the Alien Enemies Act was against (Venezuelans, TdA NOT El Salvadorans, MS13).
Except that the GFIS came from a single officer, no longer with the Hyattsville PD, who was never cross-examined by Garcia or his lawyers - therefore hearsay. Not only that, but the government has not even sought to use that in the current case. The "reliable" informant got all the details wrong including placing Garcia in a state, New York, where he has never resided.The determination that the Respondent is a gang member appears to be trustworthy and is supported by other evidence in the record, namely, information contained in the Gang Field Interview Sheet. Although the Court is reluctant to give evidentiary weight to the Respondent’s clothing as an indication of gang affiliation, the fact that a ‘past, proven, and reliable source of information’ verified the Respondent’s gang membership, rank, and gang name is sufficient to support that the Respondent is a gang member,” Kessler wrote, referring to the informant’s tip.
I know you have evidence, but only a little bit of it. Look at the rest.
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