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mahatmakanejeeves

(64,400 posts)
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:03 PM Apr 15

White House: Abrego Garcia deportation to El Salvador 'always going to be end result'

Source: The Hill

Court Battles
White House: Abrego Garcia deportation to El Salvador ‘always going to be end result’

by Brett Samuels - 04/15/25 2:25 PM ET

The White House asserted Tuesday there was no scenario in which a Maryland man whose deportation to El Salvador has made national headlines and spurred court battles would end up living a “peaceful life” back in the United States.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt expressed exasperation over media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national whom administration officials acknowledged in a court filing they mistakenly deported. Officials have since changed their tune on that matter, and the lawyer who wrote of the “administrative error” has since been put on leave.

Leavitt also indicated Abrego Garcia would simply be deported again if he was returned to the U.S. ... “Deporting him back to El Salvador was always going to be the end result. There is never going to be a world in which this is an individual who is going to live a peaceful life in Maryland,” Leavitt told reporters at a briefing.

“Because he is a foreign terrorist and an MS-13 gang member. Not only have we confirmed that, [El Salvador] President [Nayib] Bukele yesterday in the Oval Office confirmed that as well,” Leavitt continued. “So he went back to his home country, where he will face consequences for his gang affiliation and his engagement in human trafficking. I’m not sure what is so difficult about this for everyone in the media to understand.”

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Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5249835-abrego-garcia-deportation-el-salvador/

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White House: Abrego Garcia deportation to El Salvador 'always going to be end result' (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 OP
It's nothing short of remarkabe JMCKUSICK Apr 15 #1
It's amazing how self assured Carolyn is when she lies womanofthehills Apr 15 #14
I know quite a few of intolerant Catholics. Baitball Blogger Apr 15 #20
How does it go? always confident, frequently wrong Walleye Apr 16 #26
I know, right? slightlv Apr 15 #15
Gaslighting is making groundless claims as if they are facts. More gaslighting for their base. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 15 #2
He is not a terrorist and this White House could not be more doshonest and disgusting LymphocyteLover Apr 15 #3
"Engagement in human trafficking"--no, that's YOU GUYS. Wingus Dingus Apr 15 #4
I would venture to guess because it put a bad spin slightlv Apr 15 #16
The end result is not the point. The point is DUE PROCESS. Irish_Dem Apr 15 #5
We all HAD a right to our day in court to prove our innocence.... repubs, six SCOTUS judges and trump changed that... bsiebs Apr 15 #6
I keep forgetting our constitution and bill of rights are long gone. Irish_Dem Apr 15 #7
I still have faith that we will get it back... bsiebs Apr 15 #18
Yes there is no data to support that our democracy will return. Irish_Dem Apr 15 #19
They crossed the line - and don't realize it? flamingdem Apr 15 #8
I hope you're right. When did the released others? bluestarone Apr 15 #9
I heard that but am going to check right now flamingdem Apr 15 #10
So far reading that just women were returned plus the Nicaraguan flamingdem Apr 15 #11
TY very interesting for sure. bluestarone Apr 15 #12
They won't provide Proof of Life flamingdem Apr 15 #13
Because he's probably dead. róisín_dubh Apr 15 #17
What an absolute shit headline Prairie Gates Apr 15 #21
I'm beginning to believe that Trump will order the CIA to get rid of this man. LudwigPastorius Apr 15 #22
Mr. Garca is most likely dead already Botany Apr 16 #24
It appears to me Old Crank Apr 16 #23
Leavite Has It Exactly Backwards, As Usual DallasNE Apr 16 #25
Senator Chris Van Hollen ............... Lovie777 Apr 16 #27
We are only 3 months into this rapist's 2nd administration. OrlandoDem2 Apr 16 #28

JMCKUSICK

(1,987 posts)
1. It's nothing short of remarkabe
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:06 PM
Apr 15

that these people stand there straight faced, and lie like they breathe. The earth shattering thing is that this includes the Presidents of two countries.

womanofthehills

(9,671 posts)
14. It's amazing how self assured Carolyn is when she lies
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:51 PM
Apr 15

For someone so young- she is so self assured and condescending to reporters.

I looked up her background. She went to a Catholic high school and St Anselm college -

Just kind of bizarre-

Baitball Blogger

(49,850 posts)
20. I know quite a few of intolerant Catholics.
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 10:48 PM
Apr 15

At one time they could be depended on to vote for Democrats. But, they seem to have transformed into Sister Mary Assholes.

slightlv

(5,403 posts)
15. I know, right?
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:59 PM
Apr 15

Most of us couldn't have come anywhere near telling a stupid tale like this and get away with it. Our face, our body language would give us away. That they can do this shows just how far from being civilized these people are. There is a face to evil, and we're demanded to see it every single day. The only question becomes whose face will it dig down into next.

Wingus Dingus

(8,946 posts)
4. "Engagement in human trafficking"--no, that's YOU GUYS.
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:09 PM
Apr 15

Edit to add: It's clear that this man was an important pawn or bargaining chip between the US and El Salvador, and I don't know why.

slightlv

(5,403 posts)
16. I would venture to guess because it put a bad spin
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 06:00 PM
Apr 15

on the country's president. Disappearing Garcia, and probably having him killed, is the end outcome of this, IMO. That way the Salvadoran president saves face and trump has another dictator in his pocket.

Irish_Dem

(68,464 posts)
5. The end result is not the point. The point is DUE PROCESS.
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:12 PM
Apr 15

We all have a right to our day in court to prove our innocence.

bsiebs

(826 posts)
6. We all HAD a right to our day in court to prove our innocence.... repubs, six SCOTUS judges and trump changed that...
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:15 PM
Apr 15

Irish_Dem

(68,464 posts)
7. I keep forgetting our constitution and bill of rights are long gone.
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:21 PM
Apr 15

Just a quaint historical fact from long ago and far away.

bsiebs

(826 posts)
18. I still have faith that we will get it back...
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 08:05 PM
Apr 15

… but that’s the sad part.. I only have faith it will return, not hope

Irish_Dem

(68,464 posts)
19. Yes there is no data to support that our democracy will return.
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 08:13 PM
Apr 15

Or that all the damage can be repaired.

It is just blind hope at this point.

However, I am glad I got the privilege of living in a democracy for most of my life.

I had a very bad feeling when Reagan and Bush Jr installed themselves into office.
And Gingrich stalked the Clintons. And all the other GOP crimes.
I never thought we would lose our country, our democracy and freedoms.
But I knew something bad was happening.

flamingdem

(40,372 posts)
8. They crossed the line - and don't realize it?
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:23 PM
Apr 15

I hope the military is on board with the constitution.

Is this just Trump's ego or what is this really.

They have returned others. What gives??

flamingdem

(40,372 posts)
10. I heard that but am going to check right now
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:31 PM
Apr 15

They turned away a Nicaraguan because those citizens are not part of the deal.

Will check now..

flamingdem

(40,372 posts)
11. So far reading that just women were returned plus the Nicaraguan
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:34 PM
Apr 15

Guessing there are other innocents like Garcia.

This article talks about the returned people -
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/venezuelans-deported-week-included-8-women-returned-us/story?id=120111090

bluestarone

(19,625 posts)
12. TY very interesting for sure.
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:37 PM
Apr 15

THIS puts a whole new light on the question WHY can't Garcia also be released.

róisín_dubh

(11,982 posts)
17. Because he's probably dead.
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 06:27 PM
Apr 15

This is so incredibly fucked. Not surprising for Latin American dictators, but it’s still fucked.

LudwigPastorius

(12,252 posts)
22. I'm beginning to believe that Trump will order the CIA to get rid of this man.
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 11:34 PM
Apr 15

They'll find a genuine MS13 member in that prison to shank him in the shower.

Botany

(73,909 posts)
24. Mr. Garca is most likely dead already
Wed Apr 16, 2025, 08:16 AM
Apr 16

The prison in El Salvador he was sent is loaded with members of a gang that already
threatened his mother in El Salvador to pay them protection money or they would kill
her son.

DallasNE

(7,759 posts)
25. Leavite Has It Exactly Backwards, As Usual
Wed Apr 16, 2025, 04:59 PM
Apr 16

If Trump thinks a crime (terrorism) was committed, then he should have the FBI make an arrest and engage in a prosecution. That is what following the rule of law would look like. Ordering ICE to kidnap and then ship to a prison in a foreign land is itself breaking the law and it needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Lying does not make it legal.

OrlandoDem2

(2,750 posts)
28. We are only 3 months into this rapist's 2nd administration.
Wed Apr 16, 2025, 05:09 PM
Apr 16

He has immunity per the SCOTUS.

We have no 1st, 4th, 5th, or 6th Amendment rights.

We are in a full blown dictatorship.

The courts will do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Buckle up because the political, social, and economic chaos that is currently raining down is about to get exponentially worse. They always dig a deeper hole.

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