Deadline: Legal Blog-The Trump administration just made an absurd argument for detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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After resisting returning him to the U.S., the government now says it’s worried the government will quickly deport him. Really.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/abrego-garcia-deportation-trump-detention-rcna214951

Which brings us to the absurd argument in the Justice Department’s effort to halt U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes’ ruling. In support of its argument, the DOJ said in a court filing Tuesday that if Abrego is released from criminal custody and “is moved to ICE custody and deported from the United States, the prosecution would lose the meaningful opportunity to try its case. This would be irreparable harm to the public.”

OK. So, to recap, the government illegally sent Abrego to El Salvador in March, then resisted court orders from every level of the judiciary to facilitate his return until finally getting him back into the country this month. And now, having chosen to bring criminal charges against him (he pleaded not guilty), the government suggests that it would be somehow beyond its control if it (the government) winds up deporting him again — and that effectuating such a speedy deportation would irreparably harm the public.

If this sounds incoherent, that’s because it is.

As I noted in connection with Holmes’ rejection of the government’s argument that Abrego is a member of MS-13, if federal prosecutors’ early arguments are a sign of things to come, that could bode well for Abrego’s legal fight.

[sop]

1. Trump doesn't want to simply deport Abrego, he wants to punish, torture and make an example of him.

[Attilatheblond]

2. Frankly, that seems to be Trump's attitude about most Americans.

He said he was going to get "retribution". It is foolish to think he didn't mean hurting the whole nation that voted him out in 2020, and he knows there was no fraud in that election.

He's just kinda easing us into getting used to armed, masked men kidnapping people by starting with POC that his MAGA idiots hate just because.

[D. Spaulding]

3. This is what I think the government is worried about;

They don't want Garcia to be able to walk free, and possibly be extensively interviewed by the press, which will likely happen if he's released. Trump and Noem are going to make sure he's picked up once he walks out the door. The judge who issued the ruling about denying pretrial confinement, exposed the weakness in their case against him. They won't wait until he goes to trial, they'll deport him before it ever takes place.

[ms liberty]

4. I look forward to seeing a judge disnantle the incoherence with all the gravity it is due

[pecosbob]

5. Meanwhile, Trump just cut a deal with Bukele to drop charges against MS-13 leaders accused of terrorism.

Why am I not hearing about this on FOX?