IN THE NEWS: In a state of affairs worthy of Kafka, federal agents snatched Kilmar Abrego Garcia off the streets in Maryland and, with no trial, rapidly whisked him away to a jail in El Salvador. Now the government says Garcia was taken by mistake, however there may be nothing it may well do to retrieve him.
At 16, Garcia fled his dwelling nation, El Salvador, to flee the legal gang that had been terrorizing his household. He was in the USA legally, had a gradual job working development and a spouse and three kids. Legalities and private circumstances don’t appear to matter, nonetheless – not until a federal court docket can cajole the Trump administration into following a ruling that Garcia should be introduced again.
And now President Donald Trump is speaking about giving the identical remedy to “homegrowns” – in any other case referred to as residents, such as you and me.
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