U.S. Government Mistakenly Deports Man, Then Prosecutes Him For Their Mistake
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was protected from deportation by a judge, then 'mistakenly' expelled by ICE, held in a brutal Salvadoran prison, only to be returned to the U.S. and immediately slapped with human smuggling charges. The AP notes this fueled opposition to Trump's immigration policies, but glosses over the fundamental absurdity: the government's acknowledged 'mistake' birthed the very 'crime'
it now prosecutes. One might wonder if their efficiency only truly kicks in when targeting the vulnerable. This isn't an isolated 'oopsie'; it's a feature of a system that criminalizes the very act of seeking safety. The same government that acknowledges Mr. Garcia's protection from Salvadoran gangs then used his forced removal as a pretext to charge him. It appears the Department of Justice is
very adept at finding 'criminals' when they've already orchestrated the conditions for their alleged offense.