Abrego Garcia is a legal resident of the United States. His wife is an American citizen. He has no charges against him. He has a valid work permit. He is a sheet metal worker. The federal judge presiding over his case said he has no criminal record in the US or El Salvador, and the gang ties is an unsubstantiated allegation. In 2019, an immigration judge granted him legal protection from deportation on the grounds that he might be at risk of persecution from local gangs. The court found his deportation illegal. The government acknowledged he was mistakenly deported to an El Salvador mega-prison. The Supreme Court said that deportation requires due process and that the people sent El Salvador were not given due process. "The Government's argument, moreover, implies that it could deport and incarcerate any person, including U. S. citizens, without legal consequence, so long as it does so before a court can intervene," wrote Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in a statement released with the Abrego Garcia ruling. Trump asked Bukele to open 5 more facilities for homegrown criminals. Personally, I don't think that extraordinary renditions going mainstream is good for democracy.

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Yes, that is the media's take. I think youll find it to be wrong in time, like most of their takes. But maybe not, and if youre right that Garcia is just a good guy legal resident that was wrongfully deported, then I was wrong. When you have millions of people to deport, youre bound to get something wrong (although Im not convinced this one was wrong yet).
You will also find that the state tends to be wrong a lot. In fact, I would almost always side against the state because it is so hilariously wrong all the time. That's why courts exist. Because if not, aganst run wild and put everyone they don't like out.
It's not the media's take, it's federal courts and supreme court decisions, and it's Trump' words. Due process and judicial review is there to limit things going wrong. Either the rule of law matters or it doesn't. If it does, the government has to follow the laws and court orders. If it doesn't, the government get to do what it wants.