It is really hard to find anything good to say about this entire affair. So many smug, over-confident promises that essentially turned into ruining thousands of peoples lives, blowing up important government agencies, and barely saving the American taxpayer a dollar.
WOW. Career officials inside the Trump admin first viewed the case of Mr. Abrego Garcia like any normal case of a wrongful deportation — they began looking for ways to bring him back, as happens whenever ICE makes that mistake.
Then the White House got involved, and blew it up.
When you think about the fact that Tesla was a world leader in its category until its top executive made a series of unforced errors, while demonstrating a flagrant disregard for facts, which tarnished its international image, reduced global faith in the enterprise, and hurt growth, all as an Chinese industrial giant threatened to leave it in the dust on the global stage ... one really begins to grasp what drew Musk to this administration
Industry is incredibly risk-averse! We pay universities to do exploratory research no enterprise would touch.
People think VC seeds big bets. That's mostly wrong
The STATE directs innovation, subsidizes risk, and funds universities for foundational research. This system is the envy of the world EVs, space exploration, renewable energy, GPS, internet, touchscreens, mRNA, lithium-ion batteries? All built on university research and state subsidy.
Could it improve? Sure. But privatizing it completely would be a massive loss
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
This is STUNNING. One of the plaintiffs in the Alien Enemies Act case who did get taken off of a plane had a court hearing just 48 hours later — and ICE didn't even offer ONCE PIECE OF EVIDENCE that he was part of Tren de Aragua. They had literally nothing to show it.
The Trump administration is arguing that they cannot give every person they detain and deport due process due to resource and logistical constraints. They are also arguing that someone who ends up in a foreign prison because of their actions is beyond their reach. They’re detaining and deporting people who haven’t been accused of any crime. And now they are suggesting they might start using this same process to send U.S. citizens to a prison in El Salvador. Putting all of that together and being extremely alarmed doesn't mean you have Trump Derangement Syndrome, it means you are seeing things clearly.
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
The NYT looked into 238 names shipped to El Salvador for allegedly being gang members.
They find evidence that 32 committed serious crimes. The rest appear to have had minor infractions or no known criminal record or documented gang ties at all.
This is simply a war crime.
Oh really, @StephenM? "The leftist media"?
Does that include your Solicitor General, who admitted to the Supreme Court that you made a mistake in deporting Garcia?
Does that include all nine Supreme Court justices, who wrote that the District Court order "properly requires the government to 'facilitate' Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador?"
Garcia is the husband and father of American citizens who has lived and worked in this country for nearly 15 years with no criminal record or charges against him. He was given legal protection from deportation to El Salvador. He was not "removed to his home soil," he was condemned to a life sentence in prison without a trial.
You're a pathological liar who can't stand the fact that you lost at the Supreme Court so now you're just making shit up.
Everyone should be crystal clear about what is happening here. Trump is disobeying a unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court to help pave the way for sending U.S. citizens to an El Salvadorian gulag without due process or recourse
Allegedly we are making tremendous progress negotiating 75 bilateral trade agreements simultaneously
In practice, the only commitment we’ve secured is an agreement from El Salvador not to return the person we wrongfully and illegally deported there
NEW: @Documentedny reports that one of the Venezuelans deported to El Salvador is a 19-year-old with with no criminal record and no tattoos who wasn't even the target of an ICE operation — but ended up sent there anyway. An ICE agent even said "He's not the one" when arrested!
Arrived in the US legally after making an appointment via the CBP One app to request temporary protected status. Got a job, stayed out of trouble. Now in the torture prison just because he was there to grab.