New in PJ Media:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the accused human trafficker, MS-13 member, wife beater, and child abuser who has become a hero on the left because of the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Grandstanding) flew to El Salvador during an earlier attempt to deport Abrego Garcia and met with the holy martyr, so as to show Orange Man Bad and the world that he and his colleagues would be doing everything they possibly could to make sure that as many illegal alien human traffickers and gang members as possible remained in the United States.
Soon Abrego Garcia, the mild-mannered “Maryland man” of the mainstream media, was back in the United States, where he became a hero of the anti-Trump, anti-American left. Still, the Trump team did not give up on its efforts to send him out of the country for good. On Friday, the Justice Department asked U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis to approve the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, and really, who could possibly object?
“Liberia,” said the Justice Department, “is a thriving democracy and one of the United States’ closest partners on the African continent.” This has to be said because the paramount concern in cases of this kind is for the well-being of the person being deported. No one who is defending Abrego Garcia’s alleged right to stay in the United States, not Chris Van Hollen or anyone else, has ever shown any concern for the well-being of those American citizens whom illegal alien gang members and human traffickers might victimize.
Those people just don’t matter. But heavens to betsy, what if Abrego Garcia goes to Liberia and, say, sets up a quiet human trafficking business in a secluded part of Monrovia, and ends up getting scratched on the cheek by one of his victims? Can’t risk that. It would be better for the world’s most famous Maryland Man to remain in Maryland, enjoying margaritas on Chris Van Hollen’s taxpayer dime and reading all the breathless news reports about how he is a victim of the racist, xenophobic proto-fascist Trump regime.
As quixotic as its fight may be, the Justice Department called on Xinis to allow the deportation to Liberia, arguing that Abrego Garcia’s team of lawyers had not proven that he would be persecuted in Liberia. The DOJ stated: “Petitioner’s claims are procedurally barred multiple times over and fail on the merits in any event. This Court should therefore dissolve its preliminary injunction and permit the government to remove Petitioner to Liberia.”
There is more. Read the rest here.
rick says
§1537. Custody and release after removal hearing
(a) Release
(1) In general
Subject to paragraph (2), if the judge decides that an alien should not be removed, the alien shall be released from custody.
(2) Custody pending appeal
If the Attorney General takes an appeal from such decision, the alien shall remain in custody, subject to the provisions of section 3142 of title 18.
(b) Custody and removal
(1) Custody
If the judge decides that an alien shall be removed, the alien shall be detained pending the outcome of any appeal. After the conclusion of any judicial review thereof which affirms the removal order, the Attorney General shall retain the alien in custody and remove the alien to a country specified under paragraph (2).
(2) Removal
(A) In general
The removal of an alien shall be to any country which the alien shall designate if such designation does not, in the judgment of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, impair the obligation of the United States under any treaty (including a treaty pertaining to extradition) or otherwise adversely affect the foreign policy of the United States.
(B) Alternate countries
If the alien refuses to designate a country to which the alien wishes to be removed or if the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines that removal of the alien to the country so designated would impair a treaty obligation or adversely affect United States foreign policy, the Attorney General shall cause the alien to be removed to any country willing to receive such alien.
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This is the law. He already had a deportation order by a judge who heard his case. He could have been sent to one of several Central American countries but he refused. So let the law take its course and deport him to whatever country is willing to take him as the law says.
somehistory says
Really sick and tired of reading that this slug is still here and he has lawyers **working** to keep him here. Wondering who is paying these lawyers who are so intent on keeping him here? Would they want the slug as their houseguest? If not, why not?
Wellington says
In the final analysis, the Garcias, despicable as they are, are not as big a threat to America continuing to be America as are the Van Hollens.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
You have posted the quote of the week!
OLD GUY says
Yes he has.