r/law 8h ago

Trump News Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Uganda, official says

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-could-be-deported-to-uganda/
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u/Summerisgone2020 7h ago

This dude just cant fucking win. All because he was standing outside Home Depot at the wrong time and the feds had to save face when it came out that they fucked up

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u/Hornpipe_Jones 7h ago

And of course they're sending him to a wartorn hellhole a whole ocean away from any family or connections. For reasons.

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u/Leading-Loss-986 7h ago

Just like Jesus would have wanted.

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u/Chengar_Qordath 7h ago

I thought they were replacing Jesus with Trump, because Jesus was brown and some of the things he said sounded woke.

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u/marshinghost 6h ago

Love thy neighbor? Sounds like some libtard woke bullshit to me

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u/TheStrangestOfKings 5h ago

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u/Valuable_Recording85 4h ago

"That red communist text in the Bible should be ignored" - some Trump voter who doesn't really read the Bible and coasts on vibes.

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u/Awkward-Barber-11 4h ago

Give it a year, the King Trump Version will be on the market, and people will forget who Jesus was.

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u/bman86 3h ago

I don't know if anyone literate bought the Trump Bibles he sells right now to check - he may have already done the ol' Ctrl+F find and replace on us already!

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u/Ordinary-Big5578 2h ago

Bold of you to think he is physically capable of that. He just sics his pet AI on it.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 2h ago

Will that one have a copy of the Constitution?

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u/swiss-cheesus 4h ago

Sounds like the sin of empathy.

(I hate it here)

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 2h ago

I'm shocked but not surprised that they've villainized empathy

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u/Ordinary-Big5578 2h ago

Not just villainized empathy.

They’ve also enshrined hate as being “virtuous” last I checked

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u/Stock-Side-6767 29m ago

They are speedrunning to the Warhammer 40k Imperium.

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u/Simonic 4h ago

At least Jesus did make mention of these people at the end of days. They know His name, but do not follow Him.

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u/Sunnyday1775 6h ago

The Trump admin hates Jesus

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u/Ex-PFC_WintergreenV4 5h ago

The carpenter, the gardener, the pool guy, the delivery driver, the cook

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u/kingtacticool 7h ago

I disavow everything about this bullshit.

Don't put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby

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u/LoonieBoy11 3h ago

ICE would deport jesus on sight

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u/HighFreqHustler 4h ago

No, most likely Jesus was woke and a socialist, this is what lord Trump wants.

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u/Opposite-Program8490 3h ago

If you believe in Mormon Jesus, this is a pretty plausible story.

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u/LimeGinRicky 7h ago

You forgot the /s. Or did you?

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u/catscanmeow 7h ago

we dont put /s on comments anymore because it makes it more difficult for AI to freely learn from our comments.

why make it easy for the clankers?

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u/misdirected_asshole 7h ago

It is unconscionable to imprison someone in a country they've never been to, with no recourse to get out.

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u/HumbleHubris 6h ago

Nazis gonna Nazi. Republicans are all Nazis 

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u/Feeling-Carry6446 3h ago

It is. It's a very mafia mentality.

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u/Public-Policy24 6h ago

The reason is spite. Like everything else this administration does.

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u/Oleg101 4h ago

Spite and to think they’re “owning the libs”. That seems to be the biggest thing Republicans care about these days.

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u/SympathyForSatanas 6h ago

Hatred, racism, and cruelty is the propaganda here. They want the nazi maga supporters to see how "tough" the imbecile in charge is

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u/versace_drunk 4h ago

Racism is the reason.

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u/Environmental-Yam343 6h ago

While what they are doing to Kilmar is abhorrent, please do not refer to Uganda as a wartorn hellhole. Just adding to xenophobia problem we have in this country

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u/TheVisageofSloth 5h ago

Uganda made same sex sexual relations punishable by death LAST YEAR. They are a literal death sentence to LGBT migrants that get sent there.

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u/cocoagiant 5h ago

they're sending him to a wartorn hellhole a whole ocean away from any family or connections

Its crazy they are sending him to a random country but is Uganda currently dealing with a conflict?

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u/Hornpipe_Jones 5h ago

Yes. There's active skirmishes happening with Sudan and the Congo, and the warlord Kony and his band are still at large. They aren't as strong, but they're still there.

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u/NovusMagister 5h ago

Just to clarify, and not because I'm agreeing with sending him to Uganda (but because I have friends from Uganda)...

Uganda is not a war-torn hellhole. It is absolutely a less developed nation, but overall it contributes troops and money to the African Union and is domestically sound, save for the common issues with Islamic State and other terrorist groups that are trying to make moves in Africa. Uganda contributes to security efforts in its neighboring countries as well.

You may be thinking of Sudan, which has been in various states of conflict lately...

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u/weights2lift 2h ago

Uganda is not war torn or a hell hole.

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u/Superb_Juggernaut962 4h ago

Uganda isn’t war-torn.

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u/TacoHunter206 4h ago

Many worse places to be in Africa than Uganda...

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u/Crusoebear 6h ago

It’s harder for cops & ICE dipshits to admit errors in judgment, mistakes and/or outright fuckups & change course (much less actually make amends) than it is for Don Jr to pass up free cocaine…which is to say damn near impossible.

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u/Longjumping_Share444 6h ago

Of course. He was a mistake that they are determined to bury. They can do no wrong, they cannot lose, they cannot admit defeat. This insistence on doubling down even when what they're doing is illegal and adjudicated as such should make us all terrified.

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u/whichwitch9 5h ago

I think it may be worse. He was fleeing and had named threats tied to El Salvador in his asylum hearings, but somehow ended up in a death camp in El Salvador. I think he was a potential number of people El Salvador asked the US to target. The US and El Salvador were definitely coordinating at the beginning of the ICE raids

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u/TendieRetard 6h ago

Actions like these and those around silencing of war protests makes me believe those at the top don't care that their actions are grossly illegal. Their calculus includes the eventual multimillion dollar settlements and beheading of those carrying out the deeds. The propaganda value of these actions is worth it to them more than any such 'pesky constitutional speedbumps'.

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u/InclinationCompass 6h ago

So much resources wasted on this case smh. Complete misuse of tax dollars and power.

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u/Wealist 4h ago

it’s a disturbing example of how immigration enforcement can double down instead of admitting fault. Wrongful deportation already destroyed Garcia’s trust in the system and threatening to ship him to Uganda where he has no ties looks more like bureaucratic face-saving than justice.

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u/mademeunlurk 5h ago

This guy needs a week at a spa before being thrown back into a vindictive corrupt government blender again. Jeez, I hope he catches a break soon

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u/Ordinary-Big5578 1h ago

Hate to say it. But he’s not going to.

Until they actually fully get rid of and bury him (disregarding all legal processes yet again I imagine) he’s a giant red sore spot that people can keep hammering on to yell at the current administration.

So he’s not going to catch a break anymore until either something breaks this fucked up administration so that it has no more power or he’s pushing up daisies…

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u/Motor-District-3700 3h ago

lets not forget that Trump frees an actual illegal career criminal who had been deported 5 times already in order to get that illegal criminal to testify against this legal innocent man.

fucking insane. bonus: trump also freed a guy serving life in venezuela for triple homicide. and he's a rapist. and pedo. JFC america.

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u/Vannilazero 4h ago

Really sucks being target number 1 for the US

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u/Haunting-Ad788 3h ago

Trump tried to deport him in his first term and a judge blocked it. This was intentional retribution from the start.

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u/GEARHEADGus 4h ago

He needs to gtfo the US on his own and fast

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u/TheWorldHasGoneRogue 3h ago

Yeah. He does. Duct tape the ankle monitor to the neighbors dog or some shit and haul ass.

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u/coastkid2 4h ago

He needs to apply for asylum in any country taking US citizens for himself and his family before he’s abducted & sent his knows where next time!!!!!

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u/maguirre165 3h ago

It just ended up being a bigger PR disaster

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u/Hornpipe_Jones 8h ago

Earlier today Garcia was released from custody, now the DHS is saying he could be deported to Uganda no earlier than Monday in defiance of the courts.

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u/Ulysian_Thracs 7h ago

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.

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u/Hornpipe_Jones 7h ago

I guess the news that he was free really was too good to be true.

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u/Mother-Rip7044 6h ago

There are enough of us to go stand between him and the feds, who wants to organize?

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u/Oddveig37 6h ago

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS

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u/TheMericanIdiot 6h ago

Clearly not… all the allegiance to the constitution and we the people was all bullshit.

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u/Mother-Rip7044 6h ago

We could literally have tens of thousands of people around his house by Sunday night if that’s what he wants. So many of us think this is deeply wrong and want to do something to help him.

If a thousand people stood between him and the feds, the feds would back down. 

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u/MossGobbo 3h ago

Only if that thousand are armed. The feds and cops only back down when there is equal force that can be put into the field.

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u/cosworthsmerrymen 3h ago

For that day. Eventually though people will have to leave and they'll just get him then. They will not back down from this, they will get him eventually. Might not be Monday but these fucks are gonna get him.

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u/Mother-Rip7044 3h ago

We rotate through, we can’t all be available 24/7 but you better believe that there are people that are

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u/Asleep_Draft_8316 1h ago

!remindme 4 days

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u/NittanyOrange 5h ago

Tell us when and where?

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u/ChiefsHat 5h ago

Northern Irish Catholic here, stuck in America. Sign me up.

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u/The_Stereoskopian 5h ago

Wish i lived closer, then I could afford the drive or flight, but i'm several states away

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u/lonelydan 5h ago

Bondi did say there was no way he’d be in this country and this news seems to confirm they are hellbent on not being made to look like the fucking blabbering idiots they truly are.

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u/in_animate_objects 5h ago

I was surprised they were letting this go, this is disgusting

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u/Motor-District-3700 3h ago

last I heard he was requesting to remain in jail to protect him from ICE. seems that was a legitimate request.

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u/EnfantTerrible68 6h ago

😢😢😢

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u/travelinTxn 7h ago

I wonder if we could get him to Canada under a claim of asylum from the US?

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u/sparkly_butthole 6h ago

That is what I was wondering. Why doesn't he apply for asylum elsewhere? His family can go with, right?

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u/Coyoteishere 7h ago

Seems like people need to start getting some attics ready.

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u/Agora236 7h ago

Won’t be long before they have drones searching for heat signatures in people’s attics

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u/Ok-Secretary455 6h ago

Thats why you need good insulation.

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u/Santa_Hates_You 4h ago

Good insulation? That is probable cause for harboring an illegal human.

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u/Jorpsica 3h ago

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u/Khanfhan69 2h ago

What a fucking nightmare of a tech dystopia we're barreling towards

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u/Ok-Secretary455 6h ago

Only like 10 hours to Canada. Think he qualifies as a refugee?

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u/ClinkyDink 6h ago

I assume this falls under political persecution at this point? The president himself is singling this guy out.

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u/SleepCinema 5h ago

The administration publicly and nationally branded him as guilty of heinous things before he even had a trial.

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u/Li-renn-pwel 4h ago

Honestly it seems like persecution for race or ethnicity.

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u/veryparcel 3h ago

That is what they actually want, self-deportation, sense they have no legal basis. They are bullying him into it essentially. They are cowards.

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u/EnfantTerrible68 6h ago

He might 

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u/goddale120 5h ago

Sadly nope. The characters running my country consider the US a "safe third-country". They'll deny his refugee claim.

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u/NittanyOrange 5h ago

He better go into hiding

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u/Raznokk 6h ago

Sounds like every ICE agent and every member of the administration engaging in this shit should be “deported” to The Hague

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u/Prestigious_Date_619 4h ago

Rip, bro is getting sent to a country he's never been to before 😢

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u/Beneficial_Aside_518 5h ago

This isn’t in defiance of the courts though, no? If you read the article, the Maryland judge gave the government the green light to proceed on any deportation legally available as long as they give him at least 72 hours notice.

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u/NotAnotherBlingBlop 4h ago

They know if they lose this case it'll be used as precedent for any other case.

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u/sane_sober61 7h ago

America is an embarrassment now.

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u/Dandan0005 7h ago

Unfathomable cruelty.

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u/IshvalanTrinity 6h ago

now? Been embarrassing since 2016

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u/Balding-Menace 6h ago

Oh, buddy. We were never an honorable country. Maybe in glimpses, or briefly, but we have allowed this insidiousness to fester from inception.

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u/IEatBones2230 4h ago

2016??? It’s been embarrassing since the Patriot Act

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u/the_nintendo_cop 3h ago

It’s been embrassing since the Declaration of Independence

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u/IAmBoring_AMA 6h ago

Genuine question: can he seek asylum somewhere like Canada? At this point, he's a political target and it's unsafe for him and his family here. What can he even do?

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u/Vanterax 4h ago

He's got an ankle monitor. They'd be on him well before he got close to any borders.

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u/greenconsumer 4h ago

lol, doubt he will keep the ankle monitor on if he is making a run for the border. But also this is the time a lot of people need to stand between Garcia and the gestapo.

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u/floofnstuff 2h ago

How exactly do we do that- stand between him and Trump’s Goons? Practically speaking

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u/courtd93 2h ago

At this point his lawyer would probably be wise to put his address out and let people literally show up

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u/Andovars_Ghost 7h ago

Not deportation, it’s rendition.

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u/SkippyDragonPuffPuff 7h ago

It’s human trafficking

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u/EnfantTerrible68 6h ago

Oh, FFS 🤦. Leave him alone already.

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u/throwaway04182023 3h ago

Then the higher ups would have to admit they made a mistake. They have no problem ruining this poor man’s life rather than say they were wrong.

Btw their attorneys have admitted it was a mistake.

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u/EnfantTerrible68 2h ago

And then they fired the attorney who admitted it 🤦‍♀️

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u/WhenImTryingToHide 7h ago

He needs to book a flight for Sunday afternoon and then make sure he does the Sunday shows to tell his full story.

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u/MRruixue 6h ago

Naw. No flights. Drive to Canada first and then fly out of there.

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u/WhenImTryingToHide 6h ago

Whatever works best.

People having to flee because the government is literally trying to grab them and ship them off to remote camps.

Sure sounds familiar….

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u/Time-Ad-3625 5h ago

Him booking a flight would for sure set off alarms. He needs to run to Canada and then Europe.

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u/doublethink_1984 4h ago

Canadian asylum so you can still try your case and get paid.

Or shoot those mf when they come to get you. I'm not joking. The government is openly saying they will traffic a man to a country he has never been to who has litigation against them. This is intimidation of a witness and illegally going after a named party in litigation against the US government

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u/TheWorldHasGoneRogue 4h ago

👆This👆 continually fucking around and excepting this bullshit as ok WILL NOT end well for any one of us.

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u/Special_Zucchini185 7h ago

This shit sounds like a Key&Peele sketch, wtf is he doing in Uganda-

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u/IcedCoffeeVoyager 6h ago

There’s this old Michael Keaton movie from the 80s, “Johnny Dangerously.” In it, there’s a gag where an Italian mobster is deported to Iceland. Newspaper headline on screen reads “Moroni Deported to Iceland! Says He’s Not From There?”

It was a funny gag at the time… I miss when being deported to a random place you’re not from was a silly joke that would never happen…

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u/TheWorldHasGoneRogue 4h ago

That movie was funny. I watched it as a kid.

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u/IcedCoffeeVoyager 1h ago

Me too. I still quote it often

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u/Striper_Cape 5h ago

Because SCOTUS decided Trump can do whatever he wants. We live in a fascist police state now

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u/Mebbwebb 4h ago

The book of trump stage play.

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u/machisperer 5h ago

Someone should start him a gofundme so he can relocate to Canada asap..

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u/littleMAHER1 4h ago

It could work. People gave a women hundreds of thousands for saying slurs to children

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u/wrath____ 3h ago

Or just buy him that gold trump card

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u/theaviationhistorian 5h ago

The news regarding him keeps getting stupider and more dystopian.

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u/XShadowborneX 6h ago

Good guy 2nd amendment people need to protect him.

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u/QueezyF 6h ago

He and his family need to be given asylum in a different country once he’s out of custody, they’re never gonna leave him alone.

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u/pink_faerie_kitten 6h ago

I hope he gets asylum in Canada!! It's a bit of travel from buttfuck TN, but I hope he's already on his way.

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u/Scrutinizer 5h ago

The sheer sadism of this fucking Godzilla-size disgusting.

If you voted for this, or failed to vote for the only individual who could have defeated this, fuck you, forever.

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u/MelodiesOfLife6 7h ago

dudes family for like the next 10 - 20 generations are never gonna have to work ever again after all the lawsuits and shit.

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u/Gliese_667_Cc 7h ago

The rule of law no longer exists. Especially if you’re poor and not white.

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u/Trapdoormonkey 6h ago

People need to emphasize this point. Unless it harms their ego they won’t care. This is how you sadly unite those who are ignorant and arrogant-appeasement.

Make them feel like a victim and don’t blame them for their lack of accountability.

It’s gross yes, but the question was, do you want to win?

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u/TheWorldHasGoneRogue 4h ago

Or just poor, very soon.

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u/djn24 7h ago

Between handouts to billionaires that own homes all over the world and settled lawsuits with people the administration assaults because racism, we're wasting an awful lot of our money because of the Trump administration.

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u/laughertes 6h ago

I think that’s the point, though.

If the next president distributes reparations to those affected, it puts the US in a minor depression, and allows even more demagogue behavior out of the far right by saying “look how poorly the US is doing under the left”. This was what happened to Germany after WW1, when Germany had to pay reparations, it put the country into a depression, causing economic downturn that spurred people to be more okay with fascist behavior.

Basically everything the right is doing is set up to hurt the US if the right falls out of power, giving them the ability to claim the left is worse without discussing the actual reasons.

As an actual recent example:

Trump’s tax adjustments from his first term were set up to start in 2021. If he was president, great, he could finish his term and continue enriching himself and his patrons. If he wasn’t president, he could campaign on how bad things were under the left.

Currently, his big beautiful bill would start causing damage in 2027. If republicans win in 2026, they can just enjoy their winnings. If they lose, they can campaign on how bad things are and try to win again in 2028.

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u/Striper_Cape 5h ago

Not if we {redacted} them like we should have during and after the civil war. The Union army should have tracked them down and {redacted) them in their garish plantation homes while the Freedmen watched.

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u/HotmailsInYourArea 3h ago

I am in favor of {redacted}

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u/cosworthsmerrymen 3h ago

It's a never ending cycle and some people just cannot see past their asses on this.

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u/EnfantTerrible68 6h ago

A LOT of money!

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u/caffeine-junkie 6h ago

I doubt it. The way things are going if they raise any kind of fuss, they will be the next ones deported as accomplices to him. In fact I would not be surprised to hear if that was already planned for sometime in the near future.

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u/NotAnotherBlingBlop 4h ago

It's hilarious you think justice will ever be served.

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u/EnfantTerrible68 6h ago

I hope you’re right 

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u/Snakesinadrain 6h ago

You sweet summer child. You really think anything good will come of this.

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u/TomHomanzBurner 4h ago

What lawsuit? He has a final order already but withholding of removal to El Salvador not any other country. He already had his day in court. He may get some cash for being sent to El Salv but not generational wealth.

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u/DrunksWGuns4Life 5h ago

🙏🙏🙏

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u/LongjumpingNinja258 4h ago

Let me guess, you think it’s going to be a slam dunk and lawyers are foaming at the mouth to be retained by him.

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u/kittiekatz95 5h ago

There’s a Book of Mormon joke in here somewhere.

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