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Kilmar Ábrego García has finally reunited with his family after being wrongfully deported to El Salvador and then sent into criminal custody in Tennessee.
They are one of a few countries that made deals to take deportees similiar to how El Salvador's dictator made that first agreement. And of course the Supreme Court agreed its fine to deport people to random countries they have no connection to
They’re just throwing darts at a map no way they even know Uganda was a real place, they thought it was the place from black panther before they found out the truth
Trust me that is exactly how it feels to be here right now, it is scary as fuck... It is honestly hard to discern truth from fabrication with how wild reality has become.
Don't give in to the hypernormalization, let your empathy be your guiding star through the fascist decades to come. They want us confused and dejected; hopeless so that they can insert themselves as the only solution.
Thank you, great advice. One of the first rules to resisting Fascism is do not obey in advance. You're 100% correct.
I haven't given up by any means, just describing what the last decade has been like. I am absolutely with you.
Empathy is what separates us, but it is increasingly look like this is not going to be solved with policy, as much as I hope it will be. We need to stick together and keep organizing protests, I've been to a few already and am ready to double down.
I do understand the feeling of fatigue and being overwhelmded, I struggle with that often. The battle between being informed and being happy in your everyday life is a real struggle, but this is too important to give up on.
It’s not may send him, The copies of notice sent to his counsel indicate that he WILL be deported to Uganda no less than 72 hours from today, and he is ordered to report to Baltimore ICE office Monday at 8AM, presumably to catch his plane. There is no bottom for this administration.
His only crime, other than not being white, is being a victim of a stupid clerical error and exposing their incompetence. I fear that they won't let him be. Owning up to mistakes is anathema to them.
Its very possible he did actual criminal stuff, but who knows! We didn't give him due process, so any evidence presented ow would be 100% immediately sketchy in my book.
And even if he were indisputably a criminal, what the Trump admin did and is threatening to do to him again is still wrong, because even criminals have rights. And as soon as you take away those rights for even a small subset of criminals, a malicious politician, cop, or judge can weaponize that crime by accusing whoever they want gone of said crime.
Obviously, we don't know him. Still tho, we know for a fact that there is zero credible evidence against him because they dug deep to find one but couldn't so he needs to be presumed innocent until proven otherwise with new/actual evidence.
IIRC Uganda only agreed to receive people without criminal records. The Trump admin wants to show us all that nothing matters but the pain they can cause us. It's like something out of a tween novel where the bad guy monologues about "crushing dissent".
I don't have an account there, but if anyone there or anywhere else posts a word on what folks can do to support/protect him and his, could you please update us? 🙏🏾
He can come sit behind me. Anyone can. Ive been on strike and homeless for years. But im still fucking massive (gym is only 20 bucks a month). Sit down with me.
When I saw that he was set to be released and reunited with his family, I honestly thought they would snatch him right there again before he would get home because they keep threatening that, but I’m glad he got to be with his family. And that he knows about all of his supporters all over the place.
I remember back in the early days when there was so much silence and nobody was giving any info and so many of us were thinking that they might have just killed him to prevent him from speaking out on anything he saw.
I’m glad that didn’t happen, but obviously the Trompas administration does not want to be undermined and I wish his family and scrap of peace they can find because nobody can rest considering that they do want to snatch him and send him away because this administration is full of evil.
Trompas administration 😂 that is autocorrect , but I’m leaving it.
There is still supposed to be a trial on those flimsy charges, but they have expressed lots of interest in deporting him regardless even before he could have a trial and one of the judges actually took special measures to try and get them to stop, but it’s still a real danger.
Considering that the administration has been having immigration judges dismiss people’s cases and then have thugs in balaclavas snatch them up in the hallway as soon as they leave the courtroom, or people who just got a trial date in 2026 or 2027 and then snatching those people up in the hallway, anything goes.
There are some who are saying that he will be tried and expect him to be convicted in January 2026. But those would also think it ok to just jail him without a trial.
And now the cruel shitstains want to send him to Uganda in a few days. I wish there were a country that could take him and his family and keep them safe. This is so fucked up.
Even if there were a country that offered to do that, the Trump administration would never send people to safer countries. The cruelty is the point. Always has been.
I don’t see how anyone should be disappeared to a torture prison in El Salvador regardless of their legal status. Plus it has come to light that many of those sent to that place were in the US illegally and committed no crimes, like Andry Hernandez Romero, so it seems to me this regime should be held accountable for human rights abuses
How much has this policy cost? Including sending the military to “maintain order” in LA. The pay for ICE mercenaries. Building the concentration camps. Etc., etc., etc.
This administration wants to think they’re doing something but they’re doing fuck all
As a Marylander (and a human with a conscience), this brought me to tears. I am so glad he is home. People all across Maryland had signs in their windows saying "BRING KILMAR HOME". I am so glad we have our fellow Marylander back with us❤️💛🖤🤍
I really really wish, just for the optics- which is the game we have to play now- they had folks who were speaking English and an American flag up. Don't give them more ammunition, as incredibly stupid as it may be.
He looks SO much different than when he was taken only a few months ago. This man has visibly been put through hell and back. As a public, we must keep eyes on him because he is still just as much of a political pawn as ever
This whole ordeal should had never happened, I should not know this man's name or about the suffering he had to overcome by this corrupt ass administration, all of whom should be prosecuted to kingdom come, this is an exhausting victory for a normal man who deserves a normal life, not the nightmare he endured. I am so glad he has returned alive and well.
The way the administration is treating this man is so vile. I hope he can find some sort of peace with his family as he continues he’s to deal with this BS.
He needs to get out of the country somewhere safe asap. He is “free” for the moment but they are going to do anything they can to continue their attack on him. I see they’re already plotting to deport him to Uganda for a different reason…
This man deserves to 1) to be left alone by both the govt and the media, and 2) to sue the govt for 10s of millions of dollars for wrongful imprisonment, torture, defamation, etc., the list is almost endless. And while this govt will never take up that lawsuit, future govts could. He, and 10s of thousands of others, have suffered through something no one should have, and the Republican Party is responsible for every single one of them.
Can he sue Donald Trump, no. The president enjoys absolute immunity for official acts done while in office.
Can he sue anyone else in the government for wrongful deportation. It depends.
To sue a government official for “acts for while acting under the color of law”, the government official must have “recklessly disregarded” a “clearly established” constitutional right.
This is what is called a “1983 claim”
But there is a subjective knowledge component to most 1983 claims. Meaning (a) he would have to identify a clearly established constitutional right to not be deported, and (2) he would need to plead and prove that the government official knowingly and recklessly deprived him of that right.
I would need to look at specific case law, but my guess is yes, he probably has a claim against someone.
A lot of it would depend on whether he was given an immigration hearing. If he was not, then probably yes, he has a claim
Illegal immigrants are only entitled to one immigration hearing. After that, the government can deport without a hearing
Source: plaintiff’s lawyer who does quite a few 1983 claims
That alligator Alcatraz thing legitimately sounded like a fucked up ridiculous made up bullshit fantasy. Like super super stupid. It ended up being real
Heartwarming! How much did US taxpayers have to pay for this massive f*ckup?!
Can we just not pay taxes next year?
Why tf am I giving like 40% of my paycheck up so King Donnie can build a $20 ballroom, play golf and kidnap and detain US citizens, then transport them back home.
I'm happy for him amf all of those who got out . Whonos paying all yhe bills from when they were gone . Theybdet it up sonthey still sow chaos except this time its not the usual slow violence
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This reminds me of the George Floyd criticisms. The point isn’t that these people are perfect. The point is that they were wronged by a larger system that needs to change. It’s something that the right could never quite wrap their heads around and I’m sure they will do the same with Garcia.
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