IN THE NEWS: In a state of affairs worthy of Kafka, federal agents snatched Kilmar Abrego Garcia off the streets in Maryland and, with out a trial, rapidly whisked him away to a jail in El Salvador. Now the government says Garcia was taken by mistake, however there’s nothing it will possibly do to retrieve him.
At 16, Garcia fled his residence nation, El Salvador, to flee the felony gang that had been terrorizing his household. He was in the USA legally, had a gentle job working building and a spouse and three kids. Legalities and private circumstances don’t appear to matter, nevertheless – not except a federal court docket can cajole the Trump administration into following a ruling that Garcia have to be introduced again.
And now President Donald Trump is speaking about giving the identical therapy to “homegrowns” – in any other case often known as residents, such as you and me.
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