A child detention center in Tornillo, Texas that opened in June was supposed to be "temporary" for 360 migrant children. But it now holds 2,349 mostly Central American teens. @AP says:
- It fails to meet mental health care requirements
- Taxpayer costs have more than doubled
Rep. @RobertGarcia: This is a constitutional crisis. You have the president of the United States defying a unanimous Supreme Court order to bring Kilmar home. He is being held against the wishes of the Supreme Court
BREAKING: Attorney Andrew Weissmann says we have reached a Constitutional Crisis regarding the Abrego Garcia case, after Trump and El Salvador President Bukele say he will not be returned to the U.S.
“I want to make sure people understand. We are here. I’ve tried to say we are not yet in that Constitutional crisis, [but] that is what is going on right now! This really is the rubicon that I was hoping we would never ever get to… This is where we are.”
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: The Attorney General of the United States blatantly lied—not once, but four times in a matter of seconds.
I’d love for MAGA to explain why they’re perfectly fine with this level of dishonesty:
1) No court has ever ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13.
Not one. The accusation came from a single informant. No judge confirmed it. No charges were ever filed. No conviction. Nothing.
2) No court has ever ruled that Abrego Garcia was in the U.S. illegally.
3) prior to deportation he also was not here illegally. An immigration judge granted him “withholding of removal” status. That legally allowed him to live and work in the U.S. because returning him to El Salvador posed a serious threat to his life.
4) The Supreme Court’s 9-0 ruling didn’t say “only if El Salvador agrees.” That’s pure spin. The Court ordered the government to facilitate his return. There was no stipulation saying “but only if El Salvador feels like it.”
I don’t use the phrase “Constitutional crisis” lightly, but Donald Trump is openly defying the Supreme Court and now threatening to send American citizens to foreign prisons. Let’s talk about it.