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Trump workforce goes nuclear after Democrats push to rescue deported dad

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Editorial Board Published April 17, 2025
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After being challenged by Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the Trump administration is in a panicked, full-court press to defend their abduction of Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia and ship him to a harmful jail in El Salvador.

Van Hollen visited El Salvador on Wednesday to verify on Abrego Garcia’s wellbeing and probably safe his launch. He was denied entry to the person, who has a spouse and two youngsters at residence, who has not been charged with a criminal offense, and whom a decide granted safety from deportation in 2019.

“U.S. courts have determined that he was illegally abducted from the United States and now finds himself in the most notorious prison in El Salvador,” Van Hollen mentioned in a video assertion.

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I have been in El Salvador all day preventing for the return of Mr. Abrego Garcia.

The Trump Administration can lie all they need, however the Court docket mentioned they failed to point out he was a part of MS-13. That is about bringing residence a person they ADMIT ought to by no means have been kidnapped. I will not relaxation till then.

— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) 2025-04-17T00:52:36.792Z

“The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the Court said they failed to show he was part of MS-13,” Van Hollen wrote in a submit on the social media web site Bluesky, alongside the video. “This is about bringing home a man they ADMIT should never have been abducted. I won’t rest until then.”

Democrats within the Home have backed Van Hollen’s journey, and on Tuesday, two members of the Home Oversight Committee, Robert Garcia of California and Maxwell Frost of Florida, requested that the committee’s chair, Republican James Comer, authorize an official congressional delegation to go to the jail the place Abrego Garcia is being detained.

Republicans have expressed outrage at Democrats pushing to reunite the household.

Trump workforce goes nuclear after Democrats push to rescue deported dad
Kilmar Abrego Garcia

White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt—who has a protracted monitor file of mendacity to the general public—claimed with out proof on Wednesday that Abrego Garcia is a gang member and “foreign terrorist.”

In accordance to court docket paperwork, the declare that Abrego Garcia is affiliated with the MS-13 gang relies on rumour from a police detective who was later suspended.

To additional emphasize the supposed menace from immigrants, Leavitt has additionally hosted Patty Morin, the mom of a girl killed by an undocumented immigrant. The proper has typically invoked the Morin case to justify its bigoted anti-immigrant positions.

Clearly pissed off that some within the media aren’t taking part within the assault on immigrants, Trump-appointed Federal Communications Fee Chair Brendan Carr complained and threatened Comcast over subsidiary MSNBC’s alternative to not air the briefing—an editorial choice protected by the First Modification. MSNBC, which airs by way of satellite tv for pc and cable, is usually not topic to FCC licensing necessities—one thing that the top of the FCC ought to know.

In a Fox Information look on Wednesday evening, Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi ratcheted up the rhetoric, arguing that Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist” and one of many MS-13 gang’s “top” members. She provided no proof to corroborate these claims, and Abrego Garcia has been denied due course of to reply such claims in court docket.

Sebastian Gorka, the administration’s “counterterrorism czar” (who has ties to far-right extremists), claimed in a Newsmax interview on Wednesday that advocating for due course of rights for Abrego Garcia may very well be seen as “aiding and abetting” a “terrorist” and grounds for federal expenses.

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JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and “Counterterrorism Czar” Sebastian Gorka says anybody advocating for due course of for Kilmar Abrego Garcia may very well be considered as “aiding and abetting a terrorist” and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)

— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-04-17T02:07:13.121Z

On Thursday morning, Republican Rep. Dan Meuser admitted that the Maryland man is just not a terrorist however argued that “he’s a potential terrorist” and a “terrorist-watchlist person,” justifying the person’s abduction.

Republicans are beneath strain with the scenario they created. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa was angrily confronted on Tuesday by residents of his red-state constituency over the administration’s actions on Abrego Garcia.

The Republican meltdown is coming as opinion polls present the general public uncomfortable with the Trump administration’s dealing with of immigration, a usually sturdy problem for the Republican Social gathering.

A new ballot from Civiqs for Each day Kos finds that 51% of registered voters considerably or strongly disapprove of how Trump has dealt with immigration. Moreover, 63% of these surveyed mentioned they oppose deporting migrants who’re legally within the U.S.

Democrats are pushing to revive due course of, and Republicans have responded by being overly defensive and reflexively dishonest—all whereas shedding an increasing number of public belief.

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