That is my understanding. Resident Aliens with "Do Not Deport" protected status can legally live and work in the United States conditional on their meeting the criteria prescribed and they CAN be deported to a third country (due process pending), if a third country can be found that would be willing to take them. If the Trump administration had chosen to legally deport Abrego Garcia to, say, Colombia (and Colombia were willing to accept him), that would be within their rights.
However, given Trump's stated desire to focus on "dangerous" and "violent" illegals (and surely, if there were such a crime wave as he has claimed, such people would not be hard to find), his decision to focus on a man who had no proven crime record either in El Salvador or in the USA, who was married to an American citizen, who was the father of an American citizen, and who was gainfully employed, paying taxes, and contributing to the local economy, is baffling by any metric except for wanton cruelty. Deporting Abrego Garcia makes no one safer unless the government has evidence which it has not provided that he is actually a dangerous criminal. There are no victims' rights to consider, because he is the only victim. It actually is economically damaging to the United States, given the millions of dollars of public money that has been spent and will be spent paying for his transportation, incarceration, and litigation of his case. (This does not even consider the fact that he will no longer be contributing to the economy or performing a job in high demand for construction, or that his wife and family will probably need public assistance because he is no longer able to assist them). It is simply refusal to admit or correct a mistake, combined with the celebration of cruelty for cruelty's sake.
But then, cruelty was the point. No one should feel safe. If it can happen to him, it can happen to you. That's the warning, which many of my Trump-leaning friends and acquaintances have dismissed as hysterical hand-wringing, but I believe that it's also the message that Trump & Co intended to send.
If you will kindly leave your name and address, I am confident that someone would be happy to place an anonymous call to that number on your behalf.
But wait! you say. You can’t do that! I’m an American citizen! I have RIGHTS!
Not without due process you don’t. Your passport, birth certificate, etc., are useless unless some law enforcement official takes the time to look at them, evaluates them impartially, and agrees to honor the rights that they entitle you to. That’s what due process is. Without due process, you are just another body waiting to get thrown into an unmarked van and sent to a central American gulag in order to meet an ICE deportation quota.
Am I understanding this that if he is brought back to the US that he could be deported legally, just not to El Salvador?
Another writer discusses this topic.
https://thucydidesii.substack.com/p/the-gospel-of-cruelty?selection=83b1c33e-e22f-49c1-88f4-b060d525340e
That is my understanding. Resident Aliens with "Do Not Deport" protected status can legally live and work in the United States conditional on their meeting the criteria prescribed and they CAN be deported to a third country (due process pending), if a third country can be found that would be willing to take them. If the Trump administration had chosen to legally deport Abrego Garcia to, say, Colombia (and Colombia were willing to accept him), that would be within their rights.
However, given Trump's stated desire to focus on "dangerous" and "violent" illegals (and surely, if there were such a crime wave as he has claimed, such people would not be hard to find), his decision to focus on a man who had no proven crime record either in El Salvador or in the USA, who was married to an American citizen, who was the father of an American citizen, and who was gainfully employed, paying taxes, and contributing to the local economy, is baffling by any metric except for wanton cruelty. Deporting Abrego Garcia makes no one safer unless the government has evidence which it has not provided that he is actually a dangerous criminal. There are no victims' rights to consider, because he is the only victim. It actually is economically damaging to the United States, given the millions of dollars of public money that has been spent and will be spent paying for his transportation, incarceration, and litigation of his case. (This does not even consider the fact that he will no longer be contributing to the economy or performing a job in high demand for construction, or that his wife and family will probably need public assistance because he is no longer able to assist them). It is simply refusal to admit or correct a mistake, combined with the celebration of cruelty for cruelty's sake.
But then, cruelty was the point. No one should feel safe. If it can happen to him, it can happen to you. That's the warning, which many of my Trump-leaning friends and acquaintances have dismissed as hysterical hand-wringing, but I believe that it's also the message that Trump & Co intended to send.
That is my understanding too.
I think we are very like-minded and attempt to apply ethics that mirror our reading of the Bible.
Deport them all, no quarter for anyone. They shouldn’t be here, get them the fuck out. The ice tipline number is 1 (866) 347-2423
Thank you for sharing!
If you will kindly leave your name and address, I am confident that someone would be happy to place an anonymous call to that number on your behalf.
But wait! you say. You can’t do that! I’m an American citizen! I have RIGHTS!
Not without due process you don’t. Your passport, birth certificate, etc., are useless unless some law enforcement official takes the time to look at them, evaluates them impartially, and agrees to honor the rights that they entitle you to. That’s what due process is. Without due process, you are just another body waiting to get thrown into an unmarked van and sent to a central American gulag in order to meet an ICE deportation quota.
Now do you understand why due process matters?