Donald Trump’s administration said Thursday that it might try to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador again if he successfully opens an asylum case, which experts say seems promising. Having already been illegally sent by the Trump administration to a Salvadoran prison where he said he was tortured, and …
Read More »Trump Admin Arrests Kilmar Abrego Garcia Again, Ready to Deport Him to Uganda
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has never set foot in Uganda, but President Donald Trump’s administration is currently “processing” his deportation to the East African nation after rearresting him at a mandated check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Abrego Garcia’s renewed detention is the latest escalation by the Trump administration in their …
Read More »'He Isn't Getting Away': Trump Admin Plans to Send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda
Donald Trump’s administration now intends to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man it unlawfully sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador, to Uganda — after he refused a plea deal, was released from jail, and was allowed to return to his family. “We are not going to stop …
Read More »El Salvador Admits U.S. Has Custody of Migrants Trump Sent to Prison There
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s unlawful transfer of hundreds of migrants to a torture prison in El Salvador, the administration claimed that it had no legal authority to bring them back to the United States. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele claimed, in turn, that he did not “have the …
Read More »Kilmar Abrego Garcia Was 'Tortured' in El Salvador: Lawyers
Kilmar Abrego Garcia described a harrowing account of his detainment during the nearly three months he was wrongfully imprisoned in El Salvador thanks to Donald Trump’s administration, claiming he was beaten, deprived of sleep, and psychologically tortured. According to court papers filed by his lawyers on Wednesday, upon his arrival …
Read More »Trump Admin Plans to Re-Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia as Criminal Case Falters
The Trump administration is preparing to once again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia as their push to criminally prosecute the man they wrongfully imprisoned in a Salvadoran human rights sinkhole flounders in court. During a Thursday hearing in Maryland — Abrego Garcia’s state of residence — the Justice Department reportedly informed …
Read More »Judge Skewers Trump Admin's Terrible Case Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara D. Holmes acknowledged that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will almost certainly be re-arrested by the Department of Homeland Security despite her order for his release from federal custody, but that didn’t stop her from eviscerating the Trump administration’s embarrassing attempts to paint him as a hardened criminal …
Read More »Trump 'Doesn't Speak With Precision,' Justice Department Tells Judge
A lawyer for Donald Trump’s Justice Department recently argued in court that sometimes the president just says stuff — and it doesn’t matter if what Trump says is or isn’t accurate, because his comments aren’t necessarily reflective of the government’s position on a given matter. During an April 30 court …
Read More »Trump Finally Brings Back Illegally Deported Man — to Indict Him
It’s been nearly two months since the Supreme Court ordered Donald Trump to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man whom his administration illegally deported to the notorious prison system in El Salvador. On Friday, the Trump administration finally complied with this directive, returning Abrego Garcia to the United …
Read More »The Centrist WelcomeFest Was Everything That's Wrong With the Democratic Party
Inside a cavernous, neon-lit ballroom in the bowels of a joyless Washington D.C. hotel, Carly Simon blasts from the speakers in an effort drown out the chants of “Free, Free Palestine” from protesters who’ve crashed a conversation with Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) — the gay, Black, self-described Zionist representing one …
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