I didn't say he didn't work. There is no evidence in the public records of the case that indicate his work status prior to his being picked up in the Home Depot parking lot in 2019.
We do know that after he was picked up and processed in 2019, that he was given legal authoritization to work by the Trump Administration.
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As I said, this is the order from 2019. Asylum was denied, Convention Against Torture was denied, but the application to whithold removal was granted.
I agree, Abrego Garcia COULD have been deported, the Trump Administration just needed to identify the 3rd party country and get the withholding of removal lifted.
This 2019 order demonstrates Garcia's request for withholding is for Guatemala and not El Salvador. The order states Garcia is a "native and citizen of El Salvador," and his removability from the U.S. was clearly established. The conclusion states: The Respondent's application for asylum is...
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Yes, the Trump organization issued him legal work authorization documents, the official form numbers I don't know. Call them what you will.
But the Trump Administration didn't take action to remove him, gave him work authorization, and had him check in on an annual basis (which he did).
#1 Remind us, who was President in 2019 when the immigration case was heard? Again from the image above you can clearly see the date.
The "immigration judge" was not a hearing on his MS-13 status right, you know that right? That claim comes from a BOND hearing to determine if he would be detained or released while his case was processed. Meaning the government got to make claims, and the defended was given (a) limited time to respond, (b) did not have supoena power to challenge the "evidence", (c) limited access to counsel, and (d) little to no time to prepare.
The immigration judges are employees of DHS, to contrast now that the cases are in a real court before real judges the evidence presented that he was a leader (or member of MS-13) has been critizied and is highly suspect, what it boils down to is:
- Oh, he was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat,
- Oh, he was in a Home Deport parking lot in Maryland,
- Oh, their was an unknown informant of a cop, the cop was shortly there after disciplined/fired for corruption,
- Oh, the unknown informant said he was in MS-13 in New York when Abrego Garcia had never lived in New York,
- Oh, we have "witnessess" that say he was in MS-13, but they are all part of the same family and are/were either in jail (to be deported after sentence) or have deportation orders of their own. But the government has paid them for their testimony be getting them released from prision and givning them legal status to remain.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not defening Abrego Garcia. He was here illegally prior to 2019. The immigration judge in 2019 placed a hold on deportation, the Trump Administration could have pursued deportation but choose not to but instead allowed him to stay (at which point he was legal) and gave him work authorization.
I agree the government could have gotten the hold lifted and Abrego Garcia deported either to a 3rd country or back to El Salavdo * * IF * * condition over the years had changed and he could be sent home. However there is a process for that, yes we call it Due Process, and the administration didn't follow it. Instead they snatch him up, held him incommunicado, not access to family, not access to legal counsel, put him on a plan and sent him to a foreign concentration camp. The only reason we know about his location now is his wife ID him from new video because of scar on his head and his arm tatto.
Really patriotic Americans recognize that is not what our justice system is about, unlike some that think "the ends justify the means" and screw the Constitution, screw the law, screw the juidges, and screw "truth, justice and the American way".
Convict Abrego Garcia by a jury for crimes based on evidencec in a court and before a jury? I'm fine with that. If found guilty, send him to prison, then deport him after his sentence. If found not guilty, return him to the same status he was (legal, work authorized) and then process him properly for deportation, with counsel, and with Due Process. Then deport his ass.
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